THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT. 545 



1773. 



Abraham Stobm", 



Jacob Bockhout, 



1774. 



William Aarse, 



Peter Hick, 





Martynis Van Waet, 



Jan Storm, 



1776. 



Hendrick Storm, 



Jacob Van Waet, 





David Sib, 



Peter Sie, 



1790. 



Isaac Johnson, 



William Van Wart, 





Hendrick Storm, 



Jan Van Tessel. 



. 



Thomas Buys, 





The Pocanteco river has a two-fold source ; the first being on the 

 lands of Isaac Lounsberry, in the vicinity of the Chappequa hills, and 

 the other a short distance from it. 



After a progress of four miles, these streams unite and become a 

 beautiful river, which is subsequently strengthened and augmented by 

 numerous tributaries flowing from an extensive district of hills and 

 valleys. 



The whole course of this river, from its spring-heads to its outlet in 

 the Hudson, is fraught with scenes of picturesque and romantic beauty. 

 " Far in the foldings of the hills," says the author of the Sketch Book, 

 "winds this wizard stream — sometimes silently and darkly through 

 solemn woodlands, sometimes sparkling between grassy borders or fresh 

 green meadows, sometimes stealing along the feet of rugged heights, 

 under the balancing sprays of beech and chestnut trees. A thousand 

 chrystal springs, with which this neighborhood abounds, sent down from 

 the hill-sides their whimpering rills, as if to pay tribute to the Pocante- 

 co." 3 In the neighborhood of the acqueduct, is a deep ravine, which 

 forms the dreamy region of Sleepy Hollow. A narrow and broken path 

 which sweeps along the south-east bank of the Hollow, leads to the 

 foot of the redoubted hill where once stood the school-house, in which 

 the celebrated Ichabod Crane " tarried," for the purpose of instructing 

 the youth of this vicinity. "The whole of the neighborhood," observes 

 the author of the Sketch Book, " abounds with local tales, haunted spots 

 and twilight superstitions." " The dominant spirit, however, that haunts 

 this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the 

 powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a 

 head. It is said, by some, to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose 

 head had been carried away by a cannon ball in some nameless battle 

 during the Revolutionary war, and who is ever and anon seen by the 

 country folks, hurrying along in the gloom of the night, as if on the 

 wings of the wind." 



" It is alleged that the body of the trooper having been buried in the 



a Knickerbocker Magazine for 1839. 



