From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
The McDonald Interviews contain interviews with four men named Samuel Lyon: Samuel Lyon (1787-1860) of Chestnut Ridge in North Castle, Samuel Lyon (1760-1849) of Rye, Samuel Lyon (c.1793-1863) of Weaver Street in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Samuel Lyon (1764-1856) of Yonkers. Although not specified by John Macdonald, it is likely that Samuel Lyon of Yonkers gave this interview, as it is grouped with interviews from residents of the Yonkers area. Samuel Lyon begins his interview by recounting the British and Loyalist approach northward to the Battle of Pines Bridge on May 14, 1781. During the previous fall, a group of 12 Refugees had come up to Crompond and stolen 14 head of cattle. A man whom this group had captured was able to escape, and as a result a party of 13 American volunteers under Richard Garrison gathered and pursued the Refugees southward. They encountered the party near where British Major John André was captured in Tarrytown in September 1780, and overtook a portion of the party near the present Village of Irvington. Lyon also notes that Loyalist Shubael “Shube” Merritt had his forearm severed by a Captain Wilson, who was preventing Merritt from breaking into the bedroom of his daughter.