William Burnett, brigadier general of the 24th Brigade of New York Militia. said that on June 16, 1813, information was received that the British had landed on the Genessee River and were coming to Sodus Point where they knew a large supply of provisions and stores were being kept. He immediately ordered the regiment of militia commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Swift into service for the country and to go to Sodus to protect that public property.
They assembled there and removed a large part of the public property to safety. On the morning of the 19th, the British not having shown up, the greater part of the militia was dismissed and only a guard left.
That night, the British did arrive and put a party of men on land whocarried away or destroyed all public property remaining in the storehouse of Nathanie Merrill, and then burned it down and destroyed several other buildings, among them the house of William Eadus who later filed a petition for reimbursement with the U.S. government.
--Brock-Perry
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