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HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.
means of judging of the kind of plow that dug out the beds and valleys of the Wallkill and the Shawan- gunk Kill.
Throughout the county the existence of large masses of howlders, the origin of which can only be referred to distant places, furnishes evidence that in many sections the soil has been the result of drift deposits. Below the city of Newburgh, the drift bed, containing bowlders and pebbles that are scratched, overlies the abraded rocks, and is in turn overlaid by clay beds, sand, and gravel, in regular courses. Bowlders, erratic blocks, and scratched rocks abound on the High- lands. The bowlders are formed mostly of granites and gneiss ; occasionally one of graywacke, showing unmistakably its transportation from a great distance ; their accompanying friable deposits now enrich the mountain cloves. Aside from their contributions to the soil, many of the drift deposits are valuable,-the sand for casting or moulding, smoothing and rubbing stones used in lithography, blotting sand, and for mortar and glass; the clays, for pottery and brick.
The soil of the plateau adjoining the Hudson, forming a semicircle from the Highlands to the Dans Kammer, is gravelly, sandy, clayey,-a mixture forming a warm and fertile loam. The surface rises gradually to Orange Lake, then descends to the Wallkill. The soil of the Wallkill Valley is pecu- liarly rich and fertile. Much of it is alluvium, inter- mingled with clay, sand, and gravel. In the town of Wallkill the soil is more diversified ; in some places it is clayey and of no great depth above the rock ; in others gravelly, and again sandy and elevated. Through Goshen and Warwick it partakes more of clay and sand loam, with slight intervals of gravel. Approximating the State line, the primitive forma- tions of Mount Adam, Mount Eve, and Pochuck Mountain change the constituents, but not to detract from its fertility. Some of the most rich and pro- ductive soils in the county are found in the islands of the Drowned Lands. West of the Wallkill Valley the soil is affected in its constituents by the Shawan- gunk range of mountains, and is generally a elayey loam, well adapted to grass. In some parts it becomes slaty and warm; in others it is shaly and covered with fragments of rocks. In Deerpark is a range of soil, brought down from the adjacent hills and upper country, that is very fertile and easy of cultivation ; and, though it has been under the plow nearly two centuries, it still ranks with the most productive lands of the State. The valley of the Otterkill is a sandy and gravelly loam, partly alluvial.
CHAPTER V.
MILITARY HISTORY-FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.
THE military history of the county obliges us to return again to a recognition of the territory from which it was taken, being component parts of Ulster
and Orange. At best the earliest militia rolls are imperfect. They serve, however, as far as they go, to show organizations, and, inferentially, the names of pioneer settlers. Beginning with that portion of the county which was taken from Ulster, we find that the first military organization within its limits was made prior to 1738, and was composed of two com- panies of the regiment of which A. Gaasbeck Cham- bers was colonel, Wessel Ten Broeck lieutenant- colonel, Coenradt Elmendorf major, and Cornelius Elmendorf quartermaster .* The first of these com- panies was known as " The Foot Company of Military of the Precinct of the Highlands ;" the second as " The Company of Militia of the Wall a Kill." The following were their muster-rolls in 1738:
" A List of the first company of Militia of the preseuk of the Highlands under the command of Capt. Thomas Ellison :
Capt. Thomas Ellison. David Oliver.
Ensign John Young. Arthur Beaty.
Sergt. David Davids. Matthew Davis.
Sergt. Moses Garitson. John Nicoll, Jr.
Sergt. l'. McCloghery.
Alexander McKey.
Corp. Jacobus Bruyn. Robert Sparks.
Corp. Jas. Stringham. Jeuriah Quick.
Corp. Jonah Hazard. Thomas Quick.
Clerk, Chas. Clinton.
Jacob Gillis.
John Umphrey.
Joseph Simson.
Alexander Falls.
James Clark.
David Bedford.
John Clark.
William Coleman.
Lodewick Miller.
Joseph Sweezer.
l'eter Miller.
Thomas Coleman.
George Weygant.
John McVey.
William Ward.
John Jones.
William Ward, Jr.
l'atrick Broderick.
John Mattys Kimberg.
Joseph Shaw.
William Smith, Jr.
Caleb Curtis.
James Edmeston.
William Sutton.
Tobias Weygant.
Jeremiah Foster.
Jerry Manse.
Charles Beaty.
Thomas Johnston.
Amos Foster.
Casparis Stymas.
Alexander Foster.
John Monger.
James Young.
James Luckey.
Thomas Williams.
Robert Feef.
Josepli Butterton.
Jeremiah Tompkins.
Samuel Luckey.
Isaac Tompkins.
John Markham.
William Watts.
Jolın Read.
Josiah Ellsworth.
Joseph McMikhill.
James Ellsworth.
David Umphrey.
Anthony Preslaer.
James Gamble.
Jonathan Tomkins.
John Gamble.
Robert Banker.
Cornelius McClean.
Thomas Fear.
John Umphrey, Jr.
Frederick Painter.
James Umphrey.
Moses Elsworth.
Peter Mulinder.
John Marie.
Robert Burnet.
Jonathan Owens.
Archibald Beaty.
Andrew McDowell.
Daniel Coleman. Total, 86."
" A List of the Company of Militia of the Wall a Kill under the command of Capt. John Bayard.
Capt. John Bayard.t
Ensign William Kelso.
Lieut. William Borland. Sergt. John Newkirk.
* The regiment was composed (1738) of nine companies, which were located as follows : Kingston, 3; Marbletown, 1; Wallkill, 1 ; Hurley, 1; Rochester, 1; New Paltz, 1, and the precinct nf the Highlands, 1 .- Doc. Hist. N. 1., iv. 226, etc.
+ Correction has been made in orthography of names in cases where known, and the modern adopted.
James Nealy.
Johannis George.
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Corp. Johu Miller. Lendert Coll (Cole).
John Jones.
Joseph Knapp.
Jolin llolly, capt.
One drummer.
Michael Duoning, lient.
One hundred sod eleven pri-
Sol. Carpenter, Jr., ensigo.
vate men.
Three sergeants.
In all, 121.
Three corporals.
FOURTH COMPANY.
Jacobms Swartwont, capt.
Thres corporals.
Johannes Westbrook, lieut. One drummer.
Andrew Graham. George Olloms.
John North.
John North, Ir. Sammel North.
Richard Gatehouse.
James Young.
John Boyle.
Robert Young.
Richard Boyle.
Robert lInghey.
Robert Buchanan.
James Eager.
Thos. McCollum.
Sojornaro HIer.
Jolin Haven.
MeKim Clineman.
James Crawford.
John Crawford.
Jury Burger.
Alexander Milligan.
Nathaniel Hill.
Benj. Bennet.
Patrick McPeck.
John Eldoris.
Patrick Gillespie.
John Lowry.
Samuel Smith.
Joseph Theal.
James Crawford.
Joseph Sutter.
David Craig.
Edward Andrews.
Samuel Crawford.
Audrew McDowell.
James Jlonell.
l'hilip Millspangh.
George Monell.
Cronamas Miugus.
John Monell: William Monell.
Thomas Neils.
John Young.
Hendrick Newkirk.
Frederick Siosabangh.
Matthew Neils.
Cornelius Wallace.
lIendrick Crist.
John Neily, Jr.
Joseph Buttletowa.
Lawrence Crist.
Thomas Coleman.
Mathias Millspaugh and his son.
Joseph Shaw.
Patrick Broderick.
Joho Jamison.
William Sontter. Jolın Butterfield.
James Davis.
John McVey.
Total, 114."
From the original county of Orange the following return appears :
" A List of the Officers and Soldiers belonging to the Regiment of Foot Mi- litia in the County of Orange, in the Province of New York, consisting of eight Companies of Foot, whereof Vincent Mathews is Coll.
Vincent Mathews, col. Michael Jackson, adjt.
Solomon Carpenter, lient .- col.
James Thompson, q.m.
George Remseu, maj.
FIRST COMPANY.
Ram. Remsen, capt. Corus. Smith, lieut. Ebenezer Smith, ensign. Three sergeants.
Three corporals. One drummer. Sixty-three private men. In all, 73.
SECOND COMPANY.
Saml. Odell, capt. Henry Cuyper, lieut. Benj. Allison, eosigo. Three sergeants.
Three corporals. One drummer. Fifty-eight private meo. In all, 68.
FIFTH COMPANY.
Nathaniel Du Bois, capt.
Three corporals.
David Southerland, lieut. One drummer.
Isaac Hennioo, eosigu. Sixty-three private men.
Three sergeants.
In all, 73.
SIXTH COMPANY.
Abm. Haring, Jr., capt.
Three corporals.
Garret Beanvelt, lieut. One drummer.
Jolın Haring, ensign.
Sixty-two private men.
Three sergeants.
In all, 72.
SEVENTH COMPANY.
Jacob Vanderbilt, capt.
Three corporals.
Andrew Ooderdonk, lient. One drummer.
Aaron Smith, ensigo. Fifty private men.
Three sergeants. In all, 60.
TROOP OF HORSE.
lleory Youngs, capt. Two corporals.
William Mapes, lieut. One trumpeter.
Michael Jackson, cornet. Fifty-two private meu.
Two sergeants. In all, 60.
" The total, 595 officers and soldiers. Sub-officers, 5G foot.
" June 20, 1738."
The Ulster regiment was divided, in 1756, into two regiments, the first (or northern) embracing Kings- ton, etc., and the second (or southern) embracing the precincts of Highlands, Wallkill, and Shawangunk, and in this form took part in the French and Indian war of 1656. In September, 1773, the southern regi- ment was under the following officers, viz. : Thomas Ellison, colonel ; Charles Clinton, lieutenant-colonel ; Cadwallader Colden, Jr., major ; and Johannes Jan- sen, adjutant. The first company in the regiment was located in Newburgh, and was composed as fol- lows, viz .: Jonathan Hasbrouck, captain ; Samnel Sands, first lieutenant; Wolvert Acker, second lieu- tenant ; Cornelius Hasbrouck, ensign ; four sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, and one hundred and forty-one privates .*
What changes, if any, occurred in the Orange County regiment cannot be stated, except inferen- tially. It appears to have been divided, the com- panies of which Abraham Haring and Jacob Vander- bilt were captains forming the nucleus of a regiment in the Orangetown district (now Rockland).
On the 22d of Angust, 1775, the Provincial Con- gress of New York passed a law under which the militia of the Revolution was organized. This law provided that counties, cities, and precincts should be divided by their respective local committees, so that in each district a company should be formed "ordi-
* The names of non-commissioned officers and privates are not em- braced in the report.
Cornelius Cole.
Barnat Cule.
Caleb Knapp.
John Robeson.
James Gillespie. Thomas Gillespie.
William Faulkner.
Israel Rodgers.
Jeremiah Rodgers.
James Rodgers.
James White.
John Manley.
Johannes Westbrook, Jr., eo- sigu. Three sergeants.
Fifty-five private men.
Iu all, 65.
Francis Falls.
Cronamns Felter.
Matthew Young. James McNeill.
John McNeill.
Andrew Borland.
Joho Borland. John McNeill, Jr.
Alexander Kidd. Archibald Hunter.
James Hunter. Johu Wharry. John Mlingus. Stephanus Crist.
Jacob Bush.
Benjamin Haines. John McNeill, Sr. Matthew Rhea. William Crawford. Robert Hunter.
Stuffel Mould.
Johannes Crane.
Robert Neils. John Neils.
Nathaniel Colter.
Tunas Crist.
Jolın McDonald.
THIRD COMPANY.
Isaiah Gale.
Robert McCord.
Joho Wilkius. William Wilkins.
Hugh Flanigan.
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narily to consist of about eighty-three able-bodied and effective men, officers ineluded, between sixteen and fifty years of age ;" the officers to consist of one captain, two lieutenants, one ensign, four sergeants, four corporals, one elerk, one drummer, and one fifer. The several companies so formed were directed to be "joined into regiments, each regiment to consist of not less than five nor more than ten companies," which should be commanded by " one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, two majors, an adjutant, and a quartermaster." The regiments were to be classed in six brigades, under " a brigadier-general and a major of brigade," and the entire force was to be under the command of one major-general .*
When the organization was perfected, the counties of Ulster and Orange formed the fourth brigade, un- der Brig .- Gen. George Clinton.t This brigade was composed of five regiments in Orange County, com- manded respectively by William Allison, of Goshen, Jesse Woodhull, of Cornwall, John Hathorn, of War- wick, A. Hawkes Hay, of Orangetown, and Abm. Lent, of Haverstraw ; and of four regiments in Ulster County, commanded respectively by Johannes Har- denbergh, of Kingston, James Clinton, of New Wind- sor, Levi Pauling, of Marbletown, and Jonathan Hasbrouck, of Newburgh. Territorially, our inquiry is confined to Col. Allison's, Col. Hathorn's, and Col. Woodhull's regiments in Orange, and Col. Has- brouck's and Col. Clinton's regiments in Ulster, al- though it will be understood that Col. Hay's and Col. Lent's regiments were in what was then Orange County. The territory in Col. Allison's regimental district in- eluded Goshen and the western part of the county ; Col. Hathorn's embraced Warwick and the southern settlements; Col. Woodhull's embraced Cornwall (then including Mouroe and part of Blooming-Grove) ; Col. Hasbrouck's embraced Newburgh, Marlborough, and Shawangunk ; and Col. Clinton's embraced New Windsor, Montgomery, Crawford, and Wallkill. The rosters and muster-rolls of the regiment cannot be obtained, and all information in reference to them is fragmentary.
COL. ALLISON'S GOSHEN REGIMENT, 1776.
William Allison, colonel.
Benjamin Tusten, lieutenant-colonel.
Goshen Co .- 1775-George Thompson, captain; Joseph Wood and Coe Gale, lieutenante; Daniel Everett, Jr., ensign. 1776-William Thompson, second lieutenant, and Phineas Case, ensign, rice Coe Gale and Daniel Everett, Jr., transferred to Minute Company under Capt. Moses Ilatfield.
Wawayanda Co .- 1775-William Blair, captain ; Thomas Wisner and Thomas Sayne, Jr., lieutenants; Richard Johnson, eneigu.
Drowned Lands Co .- 1775-Samuel Jones, Jr., captain; Peter Gale and Jacob Dunning, lieutenants ; Samuel Webb, eusign.
Chester Co .- 1775-John Jackson, captain; John Wood and James Miller, lieutenants ; James Parshal, eneign.
Pochuck Co .- 1775-Ebenezer Owen, captain; Increase Holly and John Bronsoo, lieutenante ; David Rogers, ensign. 1776-Increase Ilolly, captain; David Rogers and James Wright, lieutenants; Charles Knapp, ensign.
West Side, Wallkill Co .- 1775-Gilbert Bradoer, captain; Joshua Davis and James Dolsen, lieutenants; Daniel Fioch, ensign.
Minisink Co .- 1775-Mosee Kortright, captain; John Vao Tile and Johannes Decker, lieutenants; Ephraim Medaugh, ensign. 1777- Mertinue Decker, second lieutenant, vice Johannes Decker.
COL. HATHORN'S FLORIDA REGIMENT.
John Hathoru, colonel.
Warwick Co .- 1775-Charles Beardsley, captain ; Richard Welling and Samuel Lobdell, lientenants; John Price, ensign. 1776-John Min- thorn, captain, vice Beardsley, deceased ; Nath1. Ketcham and George Vaoce, lientenants; Jolin Benedict, ensign.
Pond Co .- 1775-Henry Wisner, Jr., captain ; Abm. Dolson, Jr., and Peter Bartholf, lieutenants; Matthew Dolson, ensign. 1776-Ahm. Dolson, Jr., captain ; Peter Bartholf aod John Hopper, lieutenants; Mathias Dolson, ensign. 1777-Peter Bartholf, captain; John De Bow and Anthony Finn, lientenants; Joseph Jewell, ensign.
Sterling Co .- 1776-John Norman, captain ; Solomon Finch and William Fitzgerald, lieutenants; Elisha Bennett, ensign. 1777-Ilenry Townsend, captain; William Fitzgerald and Elisha Bennett, lieu- tenants; Joseph Conkling, eosign.
Florida Co .- 1775-Nathaniel Elmer, captain ; Jobo Popino, Jr., and Joho Sayre, lieutenants; Richard Bailey, ensign. 1776-John Ken- nedy, lieutenant, rice Popino. 1777-Joho Sayre, captain ; John Kennedy and Richard Bailey, lientenaots; John Wood, ensign.
Wantuge Co .- 1775-Daniel Rosekrans, captain ; James Clark and Jacob Gale, lieutenants ; Samuel Cole, ensign.
COL. WOODHULL'S CORNWALL REGIMENT.
Jesse Woodhull, colonel. Elilan Marvin, lieutenant-colonel.
Nathaniel Strong, Zachariah Du Bois, majors.
William Moffat, adjutant.
Nathaniel Satterly, quartermaster.
Oxford Co .- 1775-Archibald Little, captain ; Birdseye Yonnge, first lieutenant; Thomas llorton, second lieutenant ; Nathan Marvin, ensign. Formerly commanded by Capt. Elihu Marvin, promoted lientenant-colonel. 1777-Thomas Ilortoo, captain ; Josiah Seeley, first lieutenant; Nathan Marvin, second lieutenant; Barnabas Hor- ton, Jr., ensign.
Clove Co .- 1775-Jonathan Tnthill, captain; John Brewster, Jr., first lieutenant : Samuel Strong, second lieutenant; Francis Brewster, ensign. Formerly commanded by Capt. Jesse Woodhull.
Bethlehem Co .- 1775-Christopher Van Duzer, captain ; William Roe, first lieutenant; Obadiah Smith, second lieutenant; Isaac Tobias, ensign. 1776-Gilbert Weeks, ensign.
Upper Clore Co .- 1775-Garret Miller, captain ; Asa Buck, first lieuten- ant; William Horton, second lieutenant; Aaron Miller, eneign. A new company, being part of the company formerly commanded by Capt. Austio Smith.
Woodbury Clore Co .- 1775-Francis Smith, captain; Thomas Smith, first lieutenant; Alexander Galloway, second lientenant; John Mc- Manns, ensign. 1776-John McManus, second lieutenant; ThioB. Lammoreux, ensign.
Southwest Co .- 1775-Stephen Slote, captain; George Galloway, first lienteoant; John Brown, secoad lientenant; David Rogers, ensigo. A new company.
Blooming-Grove Co .- 1775-Silas Pierson, captain ; Joshua Brown, first lieutenant ; David Reeve, second lieutenant ; Phineas Heard, ensign. Formerly commanded by Capt. Phineas RnmBey.#
Light-Horse Co .- 1776-Ebenezer Woodhull, captain ; James Suyre, lien- tenant ; William Heard, cornet ; Azariah Martin, second master.
* Proc. Prov. Conv., 104. 114, etc.
+ This brigade should not be confused with the epecial brigade which was organized under Gen. Clinton in August, 1776, which was composed of "all levies raised and to be raised in the counties of Westchester, Duchess, Orange, and Ulster" (Proc. Prov. Coov., 563), nor with the con- mission issued to him by the Continental Congress in March, 1777.
# At the meeting to reorganize the company there were two tickets,- the one given above and one on which Phineas Rumsey was named for captain, John Vail for first lieutenant, and John W. Tuthill for Bec- ond lieutenant. It was claimed that the latter received the most votes .- Amerirun Archives, vol. iii. 627.
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COL. HASBROUCK'S NEWBURGH REGIMENT .*
Jonathan Hasbronek, colonel. Johannes Hardenburgh, Jr., lieutenant-colonel. Johannes Jansen, Jr., Lewis Du Bois, majors. Abraham Schoonmaker, adjutant. Isaac Belknap, quartermaster.
Cupt. Samuel Clark's company, Neubargh, June 8, 1778.
Samuel Clark, captain.
Thomas Patterson. Richard Ward.
James Denton, first lieutenant.
William Ferguson.
William Erwin, Jr.,
William Carskaden.
Isaac Hasbrouck.
James Harris.
William Bloomer.
Robt. Erwin, sergeant.
Nathaniel Gnion, corporal.
Ebenezer Gidney, sergeant.
John Schofield.
Hope Mills, sergeant.
Benjamin Kamp.
James Penny.
Hugh Stevenson, corporal.
Hugh Ferguson.
William Penny.
Isane Demott, corporal.
William Lewis.
Abm. Smith, drummer.
John Dolson.
Richard Albertson.
Jacob Strickland, corporal.
Joseph Simmons.
William Foster,
Ebenezer Strickland.
Tunis Kiesler.
Jeremiah Ward.
George Jackson. Joseph Gidney, Jr.
Peter Aldrich.
John Thomas.
John Wiggins.
Samuel Tarepening.
Juliannes Snyder.
George Lane.
Cornelius Terwilliger.
Stephen Stevens, corporal.
Samuel Fowler.
Ilazael Smith.
William McBride.
Daniel Gidney.
Daniel Burnells.
Gerrit Van Benschoten.
Joseph Coleman.
Barent Cole.
Peter Tarepening.
Joshua Camwell.
Hermanus Terwilliger.
Jonas Totten, corporal.
Abm. Cole, Jr.
A list of Exempts of Capt. Jacob Conklin's company, April 23, 1779.
Jacob Couklin, captain. William Erwin.
Jacob Lawrence, lieutenant.
James Quigley.
David Guion, lieutenant.
Isaac Bensconten.
John Crowell, ensign.
Ebenezer Strickland.
Cornelius Pollamus.
Joel Campbell.
David Horton.
Lewis Slut.
Isaac Barton, Sr.
Johannes Snyder.
Peter Aldredge.
William Wear.
Henry W. Kipp.
Jacob llalstead.
James Denton.
Tunis Keysler.
Ebenezer Raimond.
- Brush.
Nehemiah Denton.
Mr. Trumpoor.
William Lawrence.
Thomas Brinkley.
John T. Staples. John Stilwilliam.
Isaac Brown, doctor.
Elias Burger.
Thomas Palmer.
William Ward.
John Foster, second lieutenant.
James Warring.
William Conklin,
William Ward. Jolın Fowler.
John Knithn,
James Clark,
Jonas Southerd.
Nathaniel Coleman.
Martin Wygant.
Reuben Holmes, sergeants.
John Allen.
William Smith,
Jacob Wiggins.
William Michael,
Stephen Ireland.
Thomas Denton, captain.
Adolph DeGrove.
Samuel Griggs, corporals.
Jonathan Cosman.
Joseph Hallett.
William Place.
Daniel Fowler.
Charles Kniffen.
Tunis Dalson.
Jolın Davis.
George Merritt.
Reuben Tooker.
Dunkin Campbell.
Julın Randle.
Jolin Owen.
Nicholas Watts.
Thomas Campbell.
Jumes Clark.
A list of the Exempts of Cupt. Arthur Smith's company, April 23, 1779.
Arthur Smith, captain. Joseph Calffenter.
Isnac Fowler, lieutenant. Henry Cropsey.
Thomas Orr.
llans Cosman,
John Stratton.
John Griggs.
* " NEWBURGH, March 20, 1776 .- A true state of the regiment of mi- itia in the county of Ulster, whereof Jonathan Hasbrouck is colonel, consisting of eleven companies. My whole regiment consists of six hundred and eight men, officers included; likewise four hundred and fifty firelocks, two hundred and ninety-three swords, one hundred and eighty-eight cartridge-boxes, thirty-two pounds of powder, one hundred and twenty pounds of lead .- A true state of my regiment after every fourth man was selected as a minute man."
Thomas Smith.
William Thurston.
Cornelius Hasbrouck.
Isaac Belknap.
Thomas Ireland, Jr. Jeremiah Wool. Thomas Harris. Robert Morrison, doctor.
Benjamin Ilarris.
Cupt. Jacob Conkliu's company, Newburyh, May 4, 1778.
Jacob Conklin, captain.
James Totten.
Jacob Lawrence, first lieuten-
James Mills.
ant. David Guion, second lieuten- ant.
William Cops, Jr. Stephen Jones. Isaac Barton, Jr.
Jolını Crowell, ensign.
. Robt. Ross, sergeant. Jolın Lawrence, sergeant. Abmu. Strickland, sergeant.
John Simson, corporal. William Palmer, corporal. Joseph Brown, fifer.
Sol. Buckingham, drummer. John Stillwell. Elijah Townsend. Stephen Albertson. Daniel Gillis. Daniel Holley. James Demott. Nathaniel Denton. John Beckett. Silas Leonard. Henry Smith. Benjamin Smith. Benjamin Birdsall. Harmanus Rikeman.
Solomon Lane.
A list of the Exempts of Capt. Samuel Clark's company, April 30, 1778, and
1779.
Jonathan Hasbronek, colonel.
Peter Donley.
Daniel Aldredge.
Moses Highy, doctor. Samuel Fowler. John Staples. William Lupton.
Samuel Sands.
Thomas Rhodes.
Leonard Smith.
Michael Redmon.
Israel Brush.
Joshua Brush.
Nicholas Stephens.
Caleb Lockwood.
William Roach.
Cupt. Arthur Smith's company, Newburgh, April 24, 1779.
Arthur Smith, captain.
Burroughs Holms.
Isaac Fowler, first lieutenant.
Solomon Comes.
Beujamin Coffin. William Collard. Joseph Gedney.
Duncan Duthie.
Daniel Denton.
James Denton, lientenant.
Burger Wigant. Samuel Bond.
Samuel Weed.
Anron Linn.
John Nathan Hutchins.
Isaac Belknap, Jr.
James Burns.
David Cetch.
William Sobe.
Abel Belknap.
John Holdrun.
Cornelius Wood.
James MeMasters.
Jacob Miars.
Jacob Reeder.
Jonathan Brundige. John Killpatrick.
Jacob Tremper.
John Tremper.
Gilbert Edwards.
Samuel Gardner.
Jacob Wiggins.
Richard Drake.
Jesse Smitlı.
Albertson Smith.
John Beeket.
Thomas Ireland. Samuel Denton. James Ilurris.
William Bowdislı.
Monson Ward, ensign.
Robert Carsenddet. Simon Crozier. Joseph Gidney. Hugh MneLean. Jeremiah Howell. Samuel Clark.
Gilbert Aldridge. Francis Smith. Henry Cropsey.
John Kniffen. Jacob Gillis. Samuel Fowler.
John Foster, lieutenant. Walvert Acker, ensign. Nehemiah Fowler. Charles Tooker.
Thaddeus Smith. William Wilson. Joseph Albertson.
Martin Wygant, second lieu- tenant. Munson Ward, ensign. William Albertson, sergeant.
Isaac Brown, sergeant.
Robert Aldrich.
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Jonathan Owena.
Thomas Ward.
Richard Osburn.
Elijah Ward.
Daniel Kniffeo.
Sammuel Strattoo.
Daniel Purdy.
George Merritt.
Daniel Rugards.
Jeremiah Howell.
John Fowler.
Daniel Thurston. Jehiel Clark.
David Smiths.
William Michael.
Gilbert Barton.
Thomas Bosworth.
Thomas Burling.
Isaac Fowler, Sr .*
COL. CLINTON'S NEW WINDSOR REGIMENT.
James Clinton, colouel.
James McClanghry, lieutenant-colonel.
Jacob Newkirk, Moses Phillips, majors.
George Denniston, adjutant.
Alexander Trimble, quartermaster.
During the early years of the war of the Revolu- New Windsor-Eastern Co .- 1775-John Belknap, captain ; Silas Wood, | tion the militia was kept in a state of demoralization first lieutenant ; Edward Falls, second lieutenant ; James Stickney, Eusigo.
New Windsor-Westeru Co .- 1776-James Humphrey, captain; James Kernaghan, second lieutenant; Richard Wood, ensign.t
New Windsor-Village Co .- 1775-John Nicoll, captain ; Francis Mande-
vile, first lieutenant ; Ilezekiah White, second lieuteuatit; Leonard D. Nicoll, ensign.
Hunover-First Co .- 1775-Matthew Felter, captain ; Henry Smith, first lieutenant ; Johannes Newkirk, Jr., secoud lienteoaut; William Crist, eusign. Formerly known as Capt. Newkirk's company.
Hanorer-Second Co .- 1775-William Jackson, captain ; Arthur Parks, first lieutenant ; James McBride, secood lieutenant ; Andrew Neely, eosign. Formerly Capt. Goldsmith's company.
Hanover-Third Co .- 1775-Cadwallader C. Colden, captain; James Mil- ligao, first lieutenant ; John Hunter, second lieutenant; Matthew Hunter, Eusign. Formerly known as Capt. Colden's company. Mil- ligan subsequently captain.
Hanover-Fourth Co .- 1775-John J. Graham, captain ; Samuel Barkley, first lieutenant; Joseph Crawford, second lientenant; Jaloes Me- Curdy, ensign. Formerly Capt. Crage's company.
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