Hessian Horseman
Background
Hessian Horseman was a German mercenary sent by the German princes to the United States to help the British forces fight the American revolutionaries. While trying to escape, his horse Daredevil was shot and while escaping he came across Young Lady Van Tassel and Young Crone who were gathering wood. The Hessian told them to be quiet, and Young Lady Van Tassel broke a stick she was carrying, alerting the revolutionaries who cut off the Hessian's head with his own sword.
During the events of Sleepy Hollow (1999) played by Christopher Walken
As Peter Van Garrett is traveling in his carriage, driven by Dirk Van Garrett, a horse quickly rides by. He hears the sound of a sword being unsheathed and looks outside his carriage window and sees Dirk, now headless. Peter jumps out of the carriage and into a corn field where he too has his head cut off. While on watch duty, Jonathan Masbath sees the Horseman which makes him leave the safety of his post and run in the woods. He is chased down and has his head cut off by the Horseman. As Ichabod Crane and Magistrate Philipse are talking, the Horseman rides up and chops off Philipse's head and then takes it. The Horseman breaks into the Killian house and attacks Killian, killing him by cutting off his head. He then attacks Beth Killian and cuts her head off, before hunting down Thomas Killian and cutting his head off. Brom Van Brunt sees the Horseman leaving with a sack of heads and shoots him, knocking the Horseman off of his horse. Brom attacks the Horseman who fights back but also continues on his way. Crane helps Brom attack the Horseman and convinces Brom to retreat. As they are crossing a bridge, the Horseman attacks them and stabs Crane in the upper chest and cuts Brom in half. Before a meeting at the church, the Horseman circles the church but cannot enter. Theodore and others shoot at the Horseman, but to no effect. The Horseman ties a rope to a broken fence post and throws it into a window, impaling Baltus Van Tassel, who he then drags out of the church and cuts off his head. Lady Van Tassel kidnaps Katrina Van Tassel and brings her to the windmill and calls forth the Horseman. Young Masbath runs and grabs Katrina and they run to Crane who then brings them back into the windmill and he tries to board the door. They escape to the roof of the windmill as the Horseman chases them and Crane sets the contents of the mill on fire. They then run away from the windmill, which explodes, but fail to kill the Horseman. The Horseman rides after them and they eventually arrive at his burial place. Lady Van Tassel shoots Crane and then grabs Katrina by the hair. Crane sees the bag holding the Horesman's skull and takes it from Lady Van Tassel with the help of Young Masbath and offers it to the Horseman. The Horseman puts his skull back on and then grabs Lady Van Tassel and drags her spirit to hell with him after giving her a bloody kiss.
