'Vermont Families in 1791" by the Genealogical Society of Vermont at Saint Alban. 1:199, 200 In the dispute between New York State and the committee which led to the formation of the State of Vermont, Lucas Wilson was on the side of the "Yorkers". He was one of hte two men from Putney on the Cumberland County Committee of Public Safety which met at the courthouse in Westminster from 1776 June 11 to 21. On 1779 Oct. 19, Lucas Wilson was commissioned by the New York Legislature as captain of the Putney compay in the Southern Regiment of Cumberland County Militia. His brother Benjamin was lieutenant in the same company. The jurisdiction of New York State in Putney eaporated shortly thereafter when Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain oys appears upon the scene. Lucas and 35 others were thrown into jail at Westminster and after a summary trial at which Allen personally appeared to see that "justice" was done. They were heavily fined. The references to this data is given as History of Eastern Vermont by Benjamin H. Hall, 1858 pp, 257, 343, 777. Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783,Rutland, Vt., Tuttle Co., 1904, pp 823, 826 Vermont Families has the lineage of Lucas Wilson (1735-1818) son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Sprague/Doyle Wilson), married Sarah Corbin, dau. of Robert and Sarah Bliss Corbin. Deanna