May 19
1765- -arrived at Half Moon, where we were joined the 20th, by William Luckey, cooper and farmer, to get 40 s p month.-Gilliland
1766- -This day J.W. set out for to meet me, which he did at Stillwater and finding me sick and unable to travel, he returned with Nehemiah Smith, his wife, son and daughter, Archd McLaughlin, blacksmith, Catherine Welch and Betsy Williams, who all arrived at Willsborough, 4 June. -Idem.
1767- Birth at New York of Sir George Prevost, son of Augustine Prevost, a British general of the Revolution, who was born at Geneva, Switzerland, about 1725.
1775- English troops at St Johns fired upon Allen's party with six field pieces and two hundred small arms. This fire Allen returned but, realizing the superior numbers of the enemy, hastily re-embarked for Crown Point.
1790- Death of General Israel Putnam, a Ranger with Rogers and an officer in the Revolution, at Bunker Hill, Long Island, New Jersey and West Point.
1855- In Columbus, Ohio, died Major Reuben Sanford, a pioneer of Wilmington and commander at the battle of Plattsburgh of "Sanford's Battalion."
It was he who built the brick church, store and old red school house at Wilmington. After the retreat from Culver's Hill and Halsey's Corners on Sept. 6, while engaged in cutting the stringers to destroy the upper bridge over the Saranac, his axe was hit by a bullet and stuck in the "Scarf" of the wood he was chopping, but the Major kept on, only remarking, "It's too bad to spoil such a good ax."
1873- The musical qualities of the organ in the Presbyterian Church, the gift of S.F. Vilas, exhibited by Professors Moore and Reed.
