[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His death brought many proofs nl the esteem in w hich he was held by neighbors and friends, and it was well and truly said of him, " re-siding during all his years, from boyhood to old age, in this town which bears his name, be died without an enemy." The Van Cortlandts have always been a loyal and patriotic family, and to few have been granted so honorable a record. CHAPTER VI. YOKKTllWX. BY KEV. WILLIAM J. (TMMIXti, Yorktown is the second of the northern tier of towns of Westchester, beginning at the Hudson River and going eastward. It is bounded on the north by Putnam County, on the east by Somen and New-Castle, on the south by New Castle and on the west by Cortlandt. The distance from White Plains to the centre of the town is about eighteen miles, and from New York by rail thirty-eight miles. It is rec-tangular in shape, the greatest dimension being from north to south. Its length is about ten miles, its width about four miles, and its area consequently ahout forty square miles. The surface is rolling, the ridges extending north and south. Several points attain a height of from six hundred to one thousand feet above tide-water. The town contains five lakes, four natural and one artificial. In the north-west cornel is Lake Mohegan, with an area of about two hundred acres. It was once called Crooked Lake. Osceola Lake, near the north-eastern corner, is a pretty sheet of water covering about one hundred acres.