Mingo Creek Presbyterian Church and Churchyard
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renruts
N 40° 13.802 W 079° 59.789
17T E 585372 N 4453772
Mingo Creek Church was the site where Whiskey Rebels met to protest the excise tax!
Waymark Code: WM12BB
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2006
Views: 88
Mingo Creek Church was added to the national register of historic places in 1992 as site# 92001500. It is located at the Jct. of PA 88 and Mingo Church Rd., Union Township. Today the church holds regular services every Sunday.
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On 23 July, 1794, leading radicals held an inflammatory meeting at Mingo Creek Presbyterian Church. Prior to the church though, meetings were held under a large oak tree. The 250 year old tree didn't last and was carved into a statue to commemorate the spot. It can be seen up the hill to the left from the rock plaque located in the side yard of the church.
The cemetery across the street has many veteran gravestones in it including that of Captain James McFarlane. He was the leader of the 500+ anti-Federalists who went to Bower Hill (General Neville's home) on July 17, 1794, to demand Neville's resignation and tax records.
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