Walkill (New-York) Committee to the Provincial Congress

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Walkill, October 2, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: Agreeable to the recommendation of the Provincial Congress, the Committee of the Precinct of Walkill, in the County of Ulster, met and divided said Precinct into four Companies of Militia, in the following manner, viz:

All that part of the Precinct that is on the east side of the Walkill to be in one Company, who have by plurality of voices, agreeable to the directions of the Congress, chose Samuel Watkins their Captain, David Crawford First Lieutenant, Stephen Harlow Second Lieutenant, Henry Smith Ensign.

All that part of the Precinct on the west side of the Walkill, between said Walkill and Little Shawangonk Kill, to the northward of a line from the house of Isaiah Veal to the house of John Brown and the houses, Peter McGloughlin, Archibald Brown, Jun˙, Archibald Brown, Sen˙, John McCarter, John Hill, and Daniel McVeay, to continue the last course to Little Shawangonk Kill, to exclude the inhabitants of the place mentioned in said line, to be in one other Company, who have chose, in the manner aforesaid, William Fankinder, Jun˙, for their Captain,

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All that part of the Precinct between the Walkill and Little Shawangonk, to the southward of the line mentioned to run from Isaiah Veal' s to John Brown' s, &c˙, to include the inhabitants that live in said line, to be in one other Company, who have, in manner aforesaid, chose Isaiah Veal for their Captain; Israel Wickham, First Lieutenant; John Dunning, Second Lieutenant; and Jonathan Owen, Ensign.

All that part of the Precinct to the northwest of Little Shawangonk Kill to be in one other Company, who have, in manner aforesaid, chose William Denniston for their Captain; Benjamin Veal, First Lieutenant; Joseph Jillet, Second Lieutenant; and David Carwin, Jun˙, Ensign.

The election of all the above Officers was carefully inspected by two Committee-Men in each Company.

Signed by order of the Committee:

HENRY WISNER, JUN˙, Chairman.