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History of Orange County
Town of New Windsor
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Samuel Brewster, George Denniston, James Humphrey, Assessors;
Alexander Denniston, Constable and Collector;
Judah Harlow and Capt. James Clinton, Overseers of the Poor;
Andrew Crawford and William Lawrence, Fence Viewers.
Then adjourned to the house of Joseph Belknap.
1769. The Road Districts and Road Masters were:----
John Galloway, Overseer, from William Mulliner's to the precinct line westerly;
James Denniston, from Wm. Mulliner's to the top of Snake Hill;
Theophilus Corwin, from the top of Snake Hill through New Windsor to Hudson's River, and up Goshen road as far as the road that leads off to Arthur's Mill, and to take all the inhabitants on the North side of Murderer's Creek, as high as they are to work;
Samuel Arthur, at the creek and the rest of the road upwards, and to take the remainder of the inhabitants left therein.
From 1763 to 1770, the following persons held office:--
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James Humphrey,
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George Denniston,
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Samuel Brewster,
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Alex. Denniston,
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James Clinton,
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Judah Harlow,
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John Nicoll,
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Alexander Crawford,
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David Crawford,
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Isaac Hodge,
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David Humphrey,
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William Lawrence
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Ch. McCallister
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Leonard Nicoll,
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Hezekiah Lawrence,
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Silas Wood,
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John Yelverton,
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John Arthur,
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Andrew Crawford,
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Robert Buchanan,
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Robert Casrkadan,
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Moses Fowler,
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John Nicholson,
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Edward Falls,
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Alexander Falls,
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Thomas King,
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Jonathan Parshall,
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William Edmonston,
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Robert Boyd,
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Isaac Nicoll,
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John Monell,
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John Ellison,
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Francis Mandevill,
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James Jackson,
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Patrick McClaughrey,
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James Neely,
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Nathan Smith,
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Samuel Sly,
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Arthur Beaty,
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John Galloway,
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Charles Clinton,
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Reuben Weed,
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Samuel Arthur,
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James McClaurey,
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James Denniston,
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Samuel Logan,
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Walter McMickle,
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George Clinton,
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James Denniston,
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Isaac Shultz,
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Wm. Jackson,
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James Faulkner,
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Neal McArthur,
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Edward Neely,
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Nathaniel Boyd,
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Thomas Ellison,
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Wm. Mulliner
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James Neely, jun.,
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Henry Man Neely,
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Wm Ellison
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John Beaty,
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We should have been pleased to give a greater number of the early settlers, but were prevented from doing so, as the road districts do not contain the names of the residents on them.