Theirs is a story of martyrs or fools; a mission of necessity, or of fear and vengeance during the Revolutionary War.
Whatever the narrative that is told, the events surrounding the deaths of Lt. Thomas Boyd and Sgt. Michael Parker in what is now Livingston County left a lasting scar on this region. The two men, both thought to be in their 20s at the time, remain the area’s closest connection to the insurrection.
“For better or worse, we do have this connection,” Livingston County historian Holly Watson said of what she describes as “a thorny subject, difficult to talk about and, you know, not the fondest memory for many.”…