HALSEY'S CORNERS

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

                               On September 6, 1814 Captain Leonard's light artillery and the infantry and militia under Major Wool briefly but stubbornly resisted

                               the heroic advance of the British.  The corner is named for Rev. Frederick Halsey, first Presbyterian pastor, who bought the farm and  

                               conducted a school in a separate building on this property.