In the section of Orange County taken from Ulster the first two companies of militia were organized before 1738. The regiment to which they were attached consisted of nine companies, located as follows: Kingston 3, Marbletown 1, Wallkill 1, Hurley 1, Rochester 1, New Paltz 1, Highlands 1.

The regimental officers were: Colonel, A. Gaasbeck Chambers; lieutenant-colonel, Wessel Ten Broeck; major, Coenradt F. Elmendorf; quartermaster, Cornelius Elmendorf.

The following lists give the names of the officers and privates in the territory which is now a part of Orange County:

Foot Company of the Highlands.

Officers: Captain, Thomas Ellison; ensign, John Young; sergeants, David Davids, Moses Gariston, P. McCloghery; corporals, Jacobus Bruyn, James Stringham; Jonah Hazard; clerk, Charles Clinton.

The names of the privates were as follows:

John UmphreyJolin Markham
Alexander FallsJohn Read
David BedfordJoseph McMikhill
Wm. ColemanDavid Umphrey
Joseph SweezerJames Gamble
Thomas ColemanJohn Gamble
John McVeyCornelius McClean
John JonesJohn Umphrey, Jr.
Patrick BroderickJames Umphrey
Joseph ShawPeter Mulinder
Caleb CurtisRobert Burnet
William SuttonArchibald Beaty
Jeremiah FosterDaniel Coleman
Charles BeatyDavid Oliver
Amos FosterArthur Beaty
Alexander FosterMatthew Davis
James YoungJohn Nicoll, Jr.
James NealyAlexander McKey
Robert FeefRobert Sparks
Joseph ButtertonJuriah Quick
Samuel LuckeyJacob Gillis
Joseph SimsonThomas Johnston
James ClarkCasparis Stymas
John ClarkJohn Monger
Lodewick MillerJames Luckey
Peter MillerThomas Williams
George WeygantJohannes George
William WardJeremiah Tompkins
William Ward, Jr.Isaac Tompkins
John M. KimbergWilliam Watts
William Smith, Jr.Josiah Ellsworth
James EdmestonJames Ellsworth
Tobias WeygantAnthony Preslaer
Jerry ManseJonathan Tomkins
Robert BankerMoses Ellsworth
Thomas FearJohn Marie
Frederick PainterJonathan Owens
Thomas QuickAndrew McDowell

Total, 85.

Company of the Wallkill.