January 8

1771    Memorial of William Gilliland for a grant of 7,350 acres of land, near Lake Champlain, together with part of a creek on which he has erected some mills. 

1812    The Rev. Willard Preston settled as pastor of the Congregational church at St. Albans, Vt., where he remained until September 1815 when his health compelled him to seek a milder climate to the sorrow of his people who twice afterwards solicited his return.

1814    A detachment of infantry from Chateaugay Four Corners ordered to Plattsburgh by Gen. Wilkinson, reached there after a forced march of forty miles that day.

 Today In the Champlain Valley History