[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Tlie assessment of real and personal property in Somen in 1808 was $3317.57. In 1815 it was $5,773.70, and in 1885 it is $1,278,635". In 1883 it was " voted to raise by tax $750 to build a bridge over Muscoot River, near the mill of Win. and George Nelson, provided the Legislature of that year did not pass a bill which would cause the said bridge to be overflowed." The Aqueduct Bill was passed by the Legislature and hence the action of the town was void. This bill, which provides for the construction of a dam or dams across the Croton River in order to secure an increased water supply in New York, will submerge much of the valuable landed property in the southern part of the town, together with a large extent of the existing highways. Military History. — During the Revolutionary period the town was known as Hanover. This sec-tion was overrun by marauding bands of " Cowboys " and "Skinners." Back and forth over this section swept these bands of plunderers, robbing, burning and killing indiscriminately. The cattle of the set-tlers were driven into the British camp and the goods !