Benjamin Tusten, Bazaleel Tyler, Samuel Jones, John Little, John Duncan, Benjamin Vail, John Wood, Nathaniel Finch, Ephraim Mastin, Ephraim Middaugh, Gabriel Wisner, Stephen Mead, Matthias Terwilliger, Joshua Lockwood, Ephraim Forgerson, Roger Townsend, Samuel Knapp, James Knapp, Benjamin Bennett, William Barker, Jonathan Pierce, James Little, Timothy Barber, Joseph Norris, Gilbert T. Vail, Abraham Shepherd, Joel Decker, Nathan Wade, Simon Wait, Daniel Talmadge, Jacob Dunning, John Carpenter, David Barney, Jonathan Haskell, Abraham Williams, James Mosher, Isaac Ward, Baltus Nierpos, Camaliel Bailey, Moses Thomas, Eleazer Owens, Adam Embler, Samuel Little, Benjamin Dunning, Daniel Reed, and Joseph Rider were honored as patriots. The monument was dedicated on July 22nd 1862. It was erected through the noble munificence of Merrit H. Cash, M.D., a citizen of Orange County, now deceased, who was distinguished for eminent public services and greatly esteemed for the virtues that adorned his private life, and whose name was to be honored and memory cherished while the column stands to attest his patriotic liberality.
