History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches, etc

Preface

In submitting this volume to its patrons, its publishers are quite confident it will be apparent from its pages that every reasonable effort has been made by them to make it complete in its" several departments. Notwithstanding this, however, they are conscious that to some of its readers it may appear that historic records have been omitted which should have been given, and that in other cases record has been made of matters without consideration of their un importance. On behalf of its compilers, it is proper to say that its publishers have the fullest confidence that the most ample care has been taken to catch up all the threads of history and unite them in a common woof; that, if some are worthless, the mass is valuable; that if any have been lost or overlooked, the fault is not one of intention, the primary object having been to preserve even the minutest detail of the history of a county which ranks among the first in the State in its organization, in its development, in its intelligence, and in the patriotism and worth of its sons.

Of many of the pioneer families of the county it may be said that they have now no known representatives within its borders. While the footsteps oftheir sons may be traced in almost all of the States, the record of themselves can scarce be found, even on graven monuments where their remains were interred. The friendly voice of neighborhood tra dition — perhaps the imperishable record of services performed to the State — is all that remains; but these have been gathered up as completely as possible, that their life-work may be placed in rank with those of their contemporaries, that they, with them, may go down to the future in a common remembrance of the toils and struggles and dangers which they alike endured. While this attention has been given to those of past years, the biographical record of the men of the living present has been amply cared for.

To the different departments of the volume special attention need not be directed. It may be proper to say, however, that the General History of the county, as well as the history of Newburgh and of New Windsor, were prepared by Mr. Ruttenber, and will be found complete and reliable. That department necessarily embraces many facts relating to the towns which could only be presented in consecutive narrative to convey a correct view of the sub jects considered. The histories of the remaining towns were compiled by Mr. Lewis H. Clark, and the biographies by other writers. Acknowledgment has been made in the body

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. IV of the work for assistance kindly given to the compilers. The persons referred to have also the thanks of the publishers. The illustrations speak for themselves, and will, the publishers believe, challenge admi ration. The maps are the most complete and accurate, so far as they claim to furnish details, that have ever been given to the public. In the lists of volunteers in the war of the Re bellion, while there are perhaps errors and omissions which would gladly have been avoided, there is also a mass of information that would otherwise, perhaps, never have had the published record which it deserves. The publishers, however, have no desire to appear as unnecessarily commending the volume, nor do they conceive it necessary to apologize for any of its imperfections. Ap preciating fully the generous support which has been extended to them by the representative men of the county, they are content to await their verdict. September, 1881. V CONTENTS HISTORICAL.

Chapter I. Chapter

X. PAGE Aboriginal History 9 Churches — Religious and Benevolent Societies. page The Lutheran Church — Presbyterian Church — Church of England — Reformed Dutch Church — Congregational Church — Associate and Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches — Baptist Church — Methodism — Roman Catholics — Friends — Religious Societies — Benevolent Organizations 126

Chapter III

Civil Government — Original County of Orange — The Present County of Orange — Courts, Public Buildings, Etc 20

CHAPTER XI.

Bench and Bar of Orange County 141

Chapter IV. Chapter XII

Location — Physiology — Geographical Nomenclature Physicians — Medical Societies 162 Climate — Geology.

CHAPTER XIII.

Mountains and Valleys — Ponds, Streams, Etc. — Climate, Geology, The Press of Orange County Etc 32 Press of Goshen— Press of Newburgh— Press of Middletown— Press of

Chapter V

Montgomery— Press of Port Jervis— Press of "Warwick — Miscella- Military History — French and Indian War — War of the neous 186 Revolution.

CHAPTER XIV.

Col. Allison's Goshen Regiment, 177G— Col. Hatliorn's Florida Regiment — Col. Woodhull's Cornwall Regiment — Col. Hasbrouck's Newburgh Regiment — Col. Clinton's New Windsor Regiment — Special Organizations and Continental Regiments — Uniforms and Equipage — French and Indian War — War of the Revolution — Col. Lewis Dubois' Fifth Continental Infantry — Col. William Allison's Goshen Regiment Militia — Col. Hasbrouck's Newburgh Regiment Militia — Col. Woodhull's Cornwall Regiment Militia 46 Orange County Civil List.

Representatives in Colonial Assembly — Delegates from the Colony of New York to the First Continental Congress, 1774 — Second Continental Congress, 1775 — Delegates to the Provincial Congress of New York, 1775-77— Members of the Committee of Safety, 1775-76— Delegates to the Convention called to Deliberate upon the Adoption by the State of New York of the Constitution of the United States, held June 17, 1788— Delegates to the State Convention of 1801, called to Amend the Constitution of 1777— Delegates to the State Convention of 1821, called to Amend the Constitution of 1801— Delegates to the Convention of 1846, called to Amend the Constitution of 1821— Electors of President and Vice-President — Representatives in Congress— Representatives in State Senate— Members of Assembly— Administrative Officers — Members of Council of Appointment — Regents of the University — Surveyors-General — Canal Commissioner — Inspectors of State Prisons — Master of Chancery — Masters and Examiners in Chancei-y — puisne Justice Supreme Court — Judge Circuit Court — Justices of Supreme Court — Judges of Court of Common Pleas — Judges of the County Courts — Special County Judges — Surrogates — District Attorneyg — County Clerks — Sheriffs — County Treasurers — County Superintendents of Schools— School Commissioners— Board of Supervisors 201

Chapter VI

Revolutionary Events — Pledge of Association. Revolutionary Associations— Precinct of Newburgh — Precinct of New Windsor — Precinct of Hanover — Precinct of Wallkill — Precinct of Mamakating — Precinct of Goshen — Cornwall Precinct — The Story of Claudius Smith 62

Chapter VIII

Orange County in the Rebellion. Third Regiment, Company B — Eighteenth Regiment — Fifty-sixth Regiment — Seventieth Regiment — One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regi - H APT ER XV. ment — Seventy-first Militia, Company I — Nineteenth Regiment Mili tia — One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Regiment — One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regiment — One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Regiment — First Mounted Rifles, Company C — Second Regiment Cavalry (Harris Light)— Fifteenth Cavalry— Fifteenth Heavy Artillery, Company M— Seventh Independent Battery — First Regiment of Engineers — Ninety eighth Regiment, Company C — Moneys Expended by the Town and by the County for War Purposes 78 Town Boundaries 206 TOWN HISTORIES. NEW W I N D S 0 R, General — Patents and First Settlements — Villages, Etc. — Revolutionary Localities — Revolutionary Incidents — Civil List — Rebellion Record.

Location, Physiology, Etc. — Civil Organization — Name — Town Records — Roads — Schools — Support of Poor — Licenses— Post-offices— Creeks, Streams, Swamps, Etc— Village of New Windsor— Orangeville, or

Chapter IX

Commercial History — Original Roads — Turnpikes — Railroads and Canals — Plank-roads — Banking — Agricultural and Mechanical Statistics, Etc VI CONTENTS. Moodna— Quassaick Valley— Vail's Gate, or Mortonville— Little Bri tain — The Square — Ragville, Rock Tavern, Etc. — Washington's Head quarters — Plum Point — Lafayette's Headquarters — Edmonston House — Falls House — Knox's Headquarters — The Camp-Ground and Tem ple—Arrest of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.— The Fall of the Highland Forts— Morgan's Riflemen— Seizure of Salt— A Tea Riot— Dominie Annan — Boy Soldiers — St. ThomaB' Church — New Windsor Presby terian Church — Associate Reformed Church, Little Britain — Union Methodist Episcopal Church, Vail's Gate — Little Britain Methodist Episcopal Church— Burial-Grounds 210 WALLKILL. Situation, Boundaries, Area, and Title — Natural Features — Early Settlement — Organization — Schools — Churches — Societies, Libraries, Banks, Incorporations, Etc. — Industrial Pursuits — Military.

Manumission of Slaves— Taverns— Assessment-Roll, 1803— First Town- Meeting of Wallkill after the Division— Middletown— Scotehtown— Mechanictown— Circleville— Phillipsburgh— Recollections of Half a Century— Howell's Depot— Van Burenville— Sand Station— Fair Oaks —Crawford Junction— Purdy's Station — Lockwood's — Rockville — Millsburgh— Stony Ford— Brimstone Hill— Michigan— La Grange— Davistown— Honey-Pot— Guinea— Bull Hack— Pierce Valley— Wallkill Academy— The State Homœopathic Asylum for the Insane at Middletown, N. Y.— First Congregational Church— Congregational Church of Howell's Depot— The Primitive Baptist Church, Middletown —Presbyterian Church of Scotehtown— Congregation of Union Church at New Shawangunk— The First Presbyterian Church at Middletown— Second Methodist Episcopal (or Monnt Johnson) Church — Presbyterian Church of Circleville— Second Presbyterian Church at Middletown— First Baptist Church of South Middletown— Grace Church of South Middletown (Episcopal) — Methodist Episcopal Church of Middletown— St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church — The Separate American Methodist Church of Phillipsburgh — The Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Middletown — The Free Christian Church of Middletown — Old Burial-Ground of Congregational Chinch— Old Cemetery opposite the Academy— South Middletown Cemetery Association — Hillside Cemetery of Middletown — Scotehtown Cemetery Association — Howell's Cemetery Association — St. Joseph's Cemetery — The Webb Cemetery Association, Wallkill — Hoffman Lodge, No. 300, F. and A. M. —Hoffman Lodge, No. 412, F. and A. M.— Midland Chapter, No. 240, R. A. M— Middletown Lodge, No. 112, 1. 0. 0.

F— Luther Lodge, No. 380, I. 0. 0. F.— Orange Encampment, No. 9J, I. 0. 0. F — Excelsior Lodge, No. 829, I. 0. G. T. — Germania Maunerchor — Middletown Bank — First National Bank of Middletown — Middletown Savings- Bank — New York and Erie Insurance Company — The Wallkill Bank — Middletown Library — The Orange County Milk Association — The Sutherland Falls Marble Company, Wallkill — Oil and Mining Company — Draper Oil Company — Adams Mining Company — Middletown and Unionville Telegraph Company — Middletown Building and Loan Association — The Evening Standard Association— The Zetesin Debating Society— Middletown Gospel Temperance Union — Wallkill Council, No. 57, Royal Templars of Temperance — The Middletown Hebrew Union — Indian Spring — The Manufacture of Hats — The Middletown Tannery — Saw Manufactory — The Monhagen Steamand Water-Mills — The Manufacture of Files — Carpet - Bag Factory Orange County Furnace — Book-Bindery — Morgans & Wilcox Manu- NEWBURGH.

General — Revolutionary Events — Village of Newburgh — Villages, Hamlets, Streams, Ere. — Census Returns — Newburgh Poor System — Turnpikes and Plank-roads — Banks — Incorporated Companies — Fire Department — Newburgh Regatta Association — Newburgh Horticultural Society — Churches, Schools, Etc. — Civil List. Settlement of the German Patent — Settlement of Other Patents — Precincts of Newburgh — Subsequent General History — Second War w ith England — General Incidents — War of the Rebellion — City of Newburgh — Review — Bulmville— Middlehope— The Danskamer — Hampton — Fostertown — Rossville — Luptondale — Rocky Forest — Gardnertown — Gidneytown — DuBois' Mills — New Mills — West Newburgh — Powder Mills — Belknap's Ridge — East Coldenham — Orange Lake — Quassaick Creek — Fostertown Creek — Tent-Stone Meadow Creek — Bushfield's Creek — Benton's Creek — Powellton Brook — Raccoon Hill — Acker's Creek — Trout Brook — Poll Rose's Pond — Springs — Fitzpatrick's Pond — King's Hill — Cronomer's Hill — Limestone Hill — Muchattoes Hill — Washington's Headquarters — The Vale — Public Stocks — Newburgh Market — Hay-Scales — Newburgh Steam-Mills — Gas- Light Companies — Newbnigh Ferry — Churches — Comparative Statistics — Theological Seminary — Public Libraries — Newspapers — Literary, Religious, and Benevolent Societies — Cemeteries — Precinct and Town Officers — Village and City Officers — Seals of the City and Village of Newburgh 245 MONTGOMERY.

Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features — Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools — Churches — Burial- Places — Towns, Societies, Banks, Incorporations, Etc. — Places of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military. Extracts from Town Records — Lieutenant-Governor Cadwallader Colden — Montgomery Village— Walden — St. Andrew's — Coldenham — A Hard's Corner — Scott Town — Scott's Corners — Keisertown — Montgomery Academy — Montgomery Public School — The Walden Union Free School —The Goodwill Presbyterian Church— St. Andrew's Church, Walden — Coldenham Church — Reformed Dutch Church of Berea — First Reformed Dutch Church of Walden — First Presbyterian Church at Montgomery — Methodist Episcopal Church at Montgomery — Methodist Episcopal Church of Walden-Church of the Holy Name of Mary— Wallkill Valley Cemetery Association — Masonic — Temperance Societies — Banks — The Insurance Agency — Indian Localities — Old Homesteads — Orange County Scientific and Practical Agricultural Institute — Woolen Factory at Walden — New York Knife Company — Walden Condensed Milk Company — Brickyard at Walden — Walden Knife Company — Walden File-Works— Steam Flouring-Mill— Montgomery Woolen-Mill— Titus & Stratton's Grist-Mill— Walker's Paper-Mill at Montgomery— New York Condensed Milk Company— Creameries— Various Manufactories —War of 1861-65 370 facturing Company — Decker's Mills, Etc 429 MOUNT HOPE.

Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools — Churches — Town Societies, Libraries, Incorporations Etc. — Places of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military. Physicians — Lawyers — Mount Hope Village — Otisville — New Vernon Finchville — Guymard — Old-School Baptist Church, New Vernon Congregational Church at Wallkill and Deerpark Patent — First Presbyterian Church of Mount Hope — Methodist Episcopal Church of Otisville — Finchville Methodist Episcopal Church — Presbyterian Church Otisville— Catholic Church at Otisville— The Farmers' Library— The Washington Lead Company — Empire Mining Company — Wallkill Lead Company — Savoss Copper-Mine — Champion Lead-Mining Companv New York Central Mining and Mineral Company— Mount Hope Mineral Company — Guymard's Silver-Lead Company — Erie Minium Company—Empire Miueral Company — Finch Homestead— The Peddler's Spring— Old Coin— Location of the Mastodon— Old Orchards 505 GOSHEN.

Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features Early Settlement— Organization— Villages— Schools — Churches — Industrial Pursuits — Military. Assessment-Roll of 1775 — Special NoteB on Families— Old Taverns of Goshen— Goshen Village — Mapes' Corners — County Farm— East and West Divisions— Presbyterian Church of Goshen — St. James' Episcopal CRAWFORD. Situation, Boundaries, Area, and Title — Natural Features — Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools — Churches — Bu rial-Places — Towns, Societies, Etc — Places of Special Note or of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military. Physicians —First Town-Meeting — Hopewell — Bullville — Searsville — Thompson's Ridge— Collabnrgh— Pine Bush— Presbyterian Society of Hopewell — Graham's Church (Associate Reformed) — Methodist Episcopal Church of Crawford— Methodist Episcopal Church, Pine Bush— Mills CONTENTS.

VII Oxford Methodist Episcopal Church — Methodist Episcopal Church at Church of Goshen— The Separate Methodist Church of Goshen— The African Methodist Episcopal Ziou Church of Goshen — Cath olic Church of Goshon— Slate Hill Cemetery Association— Westcott Burial-Place— Cemetery of the Episcopal Church — Webb Burying- Ground — The Vanduzer Family Lot — The Haight Family Ceme tery, Goshen — The Case Family— The Catholic Burial-Place— The Wallkill Valley Cemetery Association — The Goshen Library Asso ciation — GoBhen Gas-Light Company — Orange County Fire Insurance Company — National Bank of Orange Connty — The Goshen Na tional Bank — Goshen Savings-Bank — Old Westcott Well — Orange County Agricultural Works — Goshen Brickyard and Tile- Works — The Rider Engine Company of Goshen — Planing-Mills — Goshen Foundry and Gas Machinery Company — Creameries — Old French War — Revo lutionary War — Celebration of July 22, 18G2 — Centennial Celebration, July 22, 1879 — Revolutionary Records — Mexican War — Regular Granville — Methodist Episcopal Church at Craigville — Methodist Episcopal Church of Salisbury's Mills — Blooming-Grove Methodist Episcopal Church— Satterlytown Methodist Episcopal Church- Friends' Meeting-House— Farmers' Creamery Association of Blooming- Grove — Library Society of Blooming-Grove — Salisbury Mills Manufacturing Company — Town-Meetings of the Period 17G5 to 1797 — Wigwam of Maringamus— Official Action, War of 1861-65 ... 629 HAMPTONBURGH.

Situation, Boundaries. Area, Title — Natural Features — Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools — Churches — Buri al-Places — Societies — Places of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military. Army 520 Campbell Hall— Hamptonburgh— Neelytown— Burnside — Kipp's— Purgatory— Paradise — La Grange— Decker's — First Presbyterian Church WARWICK. at Hamptonburgh— St. David's Church of Hamptonburgh— Methodist Episcopal Church of Otterville— The Bull Homestead— The Stone Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features — Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools — Churches — Societies, Libraries, Banks, Incorporations, Etc. — Places of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military. House 649 MINISINK. Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features — Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools The Seward Family — General Notes from the Records— Warwick — Incorporation — Fire Department — Water- Works — Post-Office — Florida — Amity — Pine Island— Bloom's Corners — New Milford — Edenville — Liberty Corners— Newport — Sandfordville — Stone Bridge — Big Island — Lawton — Dutch Hollow — Bellvale — Warwick Institute — Amity Home-School— Seward Institute, Florida — Baptist Church in Warwick — Presbyterian Congregation of Florida — Presbyterian Church of — Churches — Burial-Places — Lodges, Societies, Libraries, Etc. — Places of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military.

Families in Town, 1810 to 1815— Slavery— Early Physicians— Extracts from Records — Uuionville — Incorporation — Westtown — Gardnerville —Millsburgh— Johnson Post-Office— Smith Village— Waterloo Mills — Presbyterian Society at Westtown — Presbyterian Church of Westtown Warwick — Presbytei ian Church of Amity — St. Paul's Church in War wick — Protestant Episcopal Church of Warwick — Methodist Episco pal Church, Florida — Presbyterian Congregation of Florida — Methodist Episcopal Church of Warwick Village — Methodist Episcopal Church of — First Presbyterian Church of Unionville— Orange Baptist Church of Unionville— Old Rome Church— Methodist Episcopal Church at Westtown — Presbyterian Congregation of Drowned Lands — Meadville Baptist Church — Union Meeting-House — The Minisink Cemetery Associa- New Milford — Methodist Episcnpul Church of Eden — Bellvale Metho dist Episcopal Church — Union Methodist Episcopal Church of Stirling — African Methodist Episcopal Church of Florida — St. Stephen's Church, Warwick Village — Cavalry Baptist Church — Methodist Episco pal Church of Mount Bethel — Warwick Cemetery — Wawayanda Lodge — Patrons of Husbandry — Warwick Cornet Band— Temperance League of Warwick — Young Men's Christian Association of Warwick Village — Army and Navy Association of Veterans at Warwick — Warwick Library — Franklin Library — First National Bunk of Warwick — War wick Savings-Bank — Warwick Valley Farmers' Milk Association — Thomas Smith's Creamery — Producers' Milk Company, Warwick — Chouckhass Hill— Birthplace of W. H. Seward 564 tion—The Westtown Library— Westtown Circulating Library Association 659 WAWAY AND A. Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features — — Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Churches — Buri al-Places — Places of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military.

First Town-Meeting — Hampton — Millsburgh — Ridgebury — Centreville — Gardnerville — Brookfield — Wawayanda — Denton — First Baptist Church of Brookfield — Presbyterian Church at Ridgebury — Centre- CHESTER. ville Presbyterian Church — Centreville Methodist Episcopal Church — FirBt Presbyterian Church of Denton — Society of United Christian Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features — Friends — Pine Hill Cemetery — Jogee Hill 676 Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools — Churches — Burial Places — Societies, Libraries, GREENVILLE. and Banks — Places of Historical Interest — Indus trial Pursuits — Rebellion Record. Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features— Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools Chester Proper — Chester — West Chester — East Chester— Gray Court Sta- — Churches — Burial-Places — Societies, Incorporation — Salem Neighborhood — Sugar-Loaf Village — Chester Academy — Chester Union Free School, No. 1 — Presbyterian Church of Chester — Methodist Episcopal Church of Salem— Methodist Protestant Church of Salem — Methodist Episcopal Church of Sugar-Loaf — Methodist Episcopal Church of Chester — Gray Court Cemetery Association — tions, Etc. — Industrial Pursuits — Military.

Physicians — First Town-Meeting — Greenville — Centre Point — Smith's Corners — Bushville— Baptist Society of Greenville — Methodist Episcopal Church of Greenville — Mineral Spring Mining Company — Green- Standard Lodge, No. 711, F. and A. M.— The Chester Library— Chester ville Mineral and Mining Company 692 National Bank — Gray Court — Sugar-Loaf Mountain 613 DEERPARK. BLOOMING-GROVE. Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features — Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features — Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools — Churches — Burial-Places — Town Societies, Libra- — Churches — Burial-Places — Societies, Banks, Libraries, Incorporations, Etc — Places of Special Note — ries, Incorporations, Etc. — Places of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military.

Industrial Pursuits — Military. An Early Trip to the Minisink Region — Assessment- Roll of 1775 — Fami- General Notes from the Records — Justices of the Peace — Washingtonville — Salisbury Mills Village — Blooming-Grove — Craigville — Satterly's Mills — Oxford Depot — Presbyterian Church, Blooming-Grove — lies in Southern Deerpark, 1810 to 1815 — Early Physicians— General Notes from the Records — Slaves — Assessment-Roll of 1825 — Town Officers — Bonding of the Town of Deerpark — Port Jervia — Incorporation Congregational Church at Washingtonville — Presbyterian Church at Washingtonville — Washingtonville Old-School Presbyterian Church — — Fire Department — Westbrookville — Port Orange — Cuddebackville — Rose Point— Port Clinton— Gumaer's— Huguenot— Carpenter's Point— CONTENTS.

VIII Meeting, Cornwall— First Baptist Congregation, New Cornwall— First Presbyterian Society of Canterbury— Friends' Meeting, Cornwall (Or thodox)—Methodist Episcopal Church, Cornwall— Cornwall Presbyte rian Church— Methodist Episcopal Church, Mountaiuville— Church of St. Thomas, Cornwall— Masonic— Temperance— Odd-Fellowship— Fire Department— Cornwall Circulating Library Association— Cornwall Pleasure-Ground and Driving-Park Association— Hudson River Paint Company— West Point and Cornwall Turnpike Company— Cornwall Oxide Paint Manufacturing Company— Cornwall Manufacturing Com pany-Cornwall Savings-Bank— Butter Hill— Sloop Hill— Continental Spring— Black Rock— Grant's Haunt— Picnic Rock— Erlin's Bluff- Natural Bridge— The Old Ring Homestead— Idlewild— Mead & Taft— Orr's Mills— Summer Boarding— Soldiers' List 753 Sparrowbush— Bushkill— Quarry Hill— Shin Hollow— Germantown — Honesville — Bolton — Paradise — Brooklyn — Matamoras — High School in the Fowler House— St. Mary's Orphan Asylum— The Public Schools of Port Jervis — The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Magagh keneck — First Presbyterian Church of Port Jervis — Separate Ameri can Methodist Church, Port Jervis— The Sparrowbush Union Free Church, town of Deerpark — Grave Church of Port Jervis— Drew Cen tennial Methodist Episcopal Church of Port Jervis — Reformed Church of Cuddebackville — German Lutheran Protestant Church, Port Jervis — Port Jervis Baptist Church — Church of the Immaculate Conception —The Old Gumaer Graveyard— The Old Burial-Place of Port Jervis— Laurel Grove Cemetery — Weeping Willow Cemetery Association—Re formed Church Cemetery — Catholic Cemetery — Rural Valley Ceme tery Association — Port Jervis Lodge — Neversink Chapter — Delaware Commandery — Tri-States Masonic Relies Association — Mount William Lodge — Ustayantha Lodge — Neversink Lodge — Attila Lodge — Mount William Lodge — Delaware Council; No. 9 — Delaware Council, No. 10— Orange County Building and Loan Association — Deerpark Mining Company — Neversink Miueral Company — Montana Mill Company — Deerpark Lead Company — German Roman Catholic St.

Joseph's Benevolent Society — Port Jervis Building and Loan Association, No. 1 — The Deerpark and Westfall Building and Loan Association — The Delaware Building and Loan Association — The Neversink Building and Loan Association — The Mutual Building and Loan Association — The Tri-States Medical Society — The Port Jervis Co-operative Association — Deerpark Council, No. 56, Royal Templars of Temperance — Mini sink, No. 28, Improved Order of Red Men — Pott Jervis Gas Company — Port Jervis Mannerchor — Riverside Lodge of Good Templars — Invin cible Lodge — Women's Christian Temperance Union — Port Jervis Temperance Union — Young Men's Social Union— National Bank of Port Jervis — First National Bank of Port Jervis — The Port Jervis Savings-Bank— Tri-States Rock— Site of the Old Dutch Church— Van Etten School-House — The Forts — Old Stone House in Germantown — Indian Burial-Place — Glass Manufacture — Erie Machine-Shop — Glove Manufacture — Sash and Blind Factory, Port Jervis — Foundry of Swin ton, Shinier & Co. — Foundry of St. Johu & Malven — Stone Grist- Mill at Port Jervis — Goodale's Furniture Factory — Preservation of Green Fodder — French War of 1755 — War of the Revolution — Donations for MONROE.

Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title— Natural Features- Early Settlement— Organization — Villages— Schools — Churches — Burial-Places — Societies, Libraries, Incorporations, Etc. — Places of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military. Toryism— Its Principal Leader— Au Unusual Case of Arrest long after the Commission of a Crime— First Town-Meeting— The Three Towns —Monroe— Woodbury Falls— Seamanville— Highland Mills Post-Office —Central Valley — Greenwood Lake— Turner's— Queensborough — Greenwood Iron-Works— Southfield— Helmsburgh— Augusta— Eagle Valley— Other Localities— Presbyterian Congregation of Smith Clove — Friends* Meetings — Methodist Episcopal Church — St. John's Free Church, Greenwood — Grace Church — Monroe Library Association — The Forest of Dean Iron Company— Stirling Iron and Railway Com pany — The Forest of Dean Iron Ore Company — Greenwood Like Association — Farmers' Creamery Association of Turner's— The Pairott Iron Company — Stirling Furnace — Forest of Dean Furnace — Queens borough Furnace — Greenwood Furnace — Monroe Saw-Factory — Monroe Works — Houghton Farm 787 HIGHLANDS.

Soldiers and Soldiers' Families 698 Situation, Boundaries, Area, Title — Natural Features — Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools — Churches — Burial-Places — Societies — Places of Historic Interest — Industrial Pursuits — Military. C 0 R N W A L L. Situation, Boundaries, Area, and Title — Natural Features — Early Settlement — Organization — Villages — Schools- -Churches— Burial- Places — Societies, Libraries, Incorporations, Etc. — Places op Historic Interest — Military. West Point — Highland Falls— Fort Montgomery— West Grove— West Point Military Academy— Highland Falls School — First Presbyterian Society of the Highlands— First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fort Montgomery— First Protestant Methodist Church at Buttermilk Falls —Methodist Episcopal Church of Highland Falls— Church of the Holy Innocents, Cornwall — Church of the Sacred Heart— Highland Union Cemetery — West Point— Grave of Molly Pitcher— Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton g]0 Settlers prior to the Revolution — First Town-Meeting — Cornwall — Canterbury — Cornwall-on-the-Hudson — Idlewild — Garnervjlle — Riverside — Roeville — Montana Woolen-Mills — Mountainville — Salisbury Mills — Bethlehem — Presbyterian Congregation, Bethlehem — Frieuds' CONTENTS.

IX ■BXOG-T^J^FTHXOJ^Tj. PAGE PAGE William Silliman 98 Henry Wileman 141 Phineas Mclntosh 141 John Alsop 141 John Chambers 141 Vincent Matthews 141 George Clinton 142 Phineas Bowman 143 Jonathan Fisk 143 Jonas Storey 144 Wm. Ross 144 Henry G. Wisuer 144 Walter Case I*5 John Duer 146 Gilbert 0. Fowler 146 Peter F. Hunn 147 Ogdeti Hoffman 148 John W. Brown 149 Samuel J. Wilkin 149 John G. Wilkin 151 Joseph M. Wilkin 152 George M. Grier facing 153 Isaac R. Van Duzer 153 Wm. C. Hasbrouck 154 Nathan Westcott 154 Joseph W. Gott 155 David F. Gedney 156 James N. Pronk 157 Oliver Young 158 Thomas J. Lyon 158 Abram S. Cassedy 159 William Vanamee... 160 Frederic Bodine 160 Joseph Whelan 103 Increase Crosby 1G4 James M. Gardiner 106 Isaac Garrison 107 David C. Winfield 108 Robert Shaw 109 Harvey Everett 171 Bartow Wright facing 171 Samuel M. Crawford 171 Thomas S. Edmonston 172 S. G. Carpenter 173 C. P. Smith 173 Solomou Van Etten 174 James D. Johnston 175 George Hunter 176 H. C. Seely between 170, 177 T.Walsh " 176,177 H.H.Robinson " 176,177 W.C.Terry 177 P.M.Barclay facing 178 Theodore Writer " 179 DeWitt C. Jayne 183 J. W.Ostrom 183 William A. M. Culbert 184 Ira S. Bradner 185 Charles M. Lawrence 186 V. M. Drake 189 Charles Mead 190 E. M. Ruttenber 194 Lydia Sayer Hashrouck 196 J. W. Hasbrouck between 196,197 M. D. Stivers 198 W. H. Nearpass 201 Robt.

H.Wallace 231 Chas. Clinton aud Descendants 238 John R. Caldwell 239 E. D. Drury 240 Robert Burnet 241 Jas. W. Morrison 242 J. B. Kernochan 242 Thos. J. Fulton facing 243 Wm. L. McGill 243 John S. Bull 244 John Cromwell facing 244 Wm. L. F. Warren 288 Thomas C. Ring 290 John R. Wiltsie 291 John Brown 303 John Johnston 306 Joseph McCarrell 313 Thomas Powell 351 Homer Ramsdell 352 Benjamin Carpenter 354 David Crawford 355 The Walsh Family 356 Daniel B. St. John 357 Charles Downing 358 John For8}'th between 358, 359 JoelT. Headley 360 Thomas Shaw 360 James Mackin 361 George Clark 362 William Wright 363 Peter V. B. Fowler 365 Daniel Merritt 366 John L. Foster , 366 B. K. Johnston 367 William I. Underbill 368 Nathaniel Barnes between 368, 369 Gilbert Williams " 368,369 Jacob Gillies " 368,369 Robert Whitehill 369 James McCord 369 Charles Miller 409 Joseph II.

Decker 409 Francis C. Decker 410 George Senior 410 James Todd between 410, 411 John Kidd " 410, 411 James R. W. Beattie 411 C. J. Mould 411 M. G. Snyder 412 John H. Leggett 421 Daniel Thompson 426 Leander Crawford 426 A. R. Taylor '. 427 Horace Bull 428 Elting France 428 Daniel Bull between 428, 429 Augustus Thompson " 428,429 Seldon H. Talcott 455 Wm. B. Royce 473 Silas H. Stringham 488 Robert H. Houston .' 488 Edward M. Madden 489 Saml. S. Wickham 491 Wickham C. McNish 492 Albert Bull 493 Elisha P. Wheeler 494 Oliver P. Reeve 496 B. W. Shaw 497 Horton Vail 498 C. G. Sawyer 499 Thos. E. Hulse 499 James B. Bell X contents TAGE Alanson Slaughter 501 John B. Hulse 502 Hiram S. Wilkinson 502 Virgil Thompson between 502, 503 Israel H. Wickham " 502,503 Hiram B.Webb 503 M. F. P.Bliven 504 H. Bull ..between 504, 505 A. L. Vail " 504, 505 H. S. Linderman '■ 504,505 H. R. Wilcox " 504, c05 George Wallace facing 505 George Smith 519 Nathaniel Webb 532 W. D. Snodgrass 535 A. S. Murray 542 Wm. Murray 543 Wm.T. Russell 545 Alex.