Deposition of Thomas Craven
May 15, 1778

Bucks, ss.

Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Bucks, in the State of Pennsyl^a, Thomas CRAVEN, Inhabitant of the township of Warminster, Bucks County, deposeth & sayeth, that on the first day May, after the Skirmish between the Brittish [sic] and Gen^l Laceys [sic] People, near the Billet, he was called on by one of the Brittish [sic] Light horse to carry some milch, &c., to one of their Wounded Officers; when he came into the Field, he was asked by a Trooper if he did not see some fires round the field, to which he said he did; the Trooper said they were men, & that their own Amunition [sic] set them on fire; after the Brittish [sic] left the Ground he went again into the field, where he saw four or five men burnt to a shocking degree.

Sworn before me, this 15th day of May, 1778

And'w Long.