{"id":3596,"slug":"red-oak-presbyterian-church-and-old-cemetery-georgetown-ohio","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Red Oak is the named origin — the 'Tice Davids' that's the '31 escape, the 'vanished like underground railroad' that's the owner coined the term. The 'Gilliland' is the pastor — the '40 years' that's the led the church, the 'pastoral letter '30' that's the printed anti-slavery. The '1798' is the founded — the 'thicket north' that's the first met, the 'stone '17' that's the still standing.","The '1,000 before 1817' is the early — the 'three creek families' that's the aided already, the 'largest in presbytery' that's the '25 count. The 'cemetery' is the buried — the 'Gillilands' that's the pastor and wife, the 'Revolution veterans' that's the founders' fathers. Red Oak is the birthright — the 'abolition stronghold' that's the Brown County became, the 'church started it' that's the claim made.","The file keeps Red Oak: the Tice Davids origin, Gilliland's letter, the stone church, and the cemetery's founders.","Red Oak Presbyterian is the archive's Ohio file — where the Underground Railroad got its name."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Red Oak Presbyterian is the archive's Ohio file — the church that may have named the Underground Railroad.","A church keeps its legend — the file's suggestion being that Red Oak's hold is the etymological: the 'Tice Davids vanished' that's the railroad named, the '1,000 by 1817' that's the predated the term, and the 'Gilliland 40 years' that's the shepherd of the stronghold."]}],"name":"Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Old Cemetery","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_SITE","type_label":"Historic Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD_HISTORY","AFRICAN_AMERICAN_HISTORY","HISTORIC_SITE","RELIGIOUS","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD"],"groups":["dark-history","historic-sites"],"desc":"The Scotch-Irish church—where the congregation sheltered fugitives.","full_desc":"Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Old Cemetery is a historic site in Georgetown, Ohio, an NPS Network to Freedom. The Scotch-Irish church—where the congregation sheltered fugitives. HauntHunt files it with Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Georgetown","county":null,"state":"Ohio","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":38.868281,"lon":-83.899288,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":"NPS Network to Freedom","current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"UGRR enrichment wave 1; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":67.9,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},{"description":"Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Old Cemetery is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Historic site; verify hours and access with the managing agency before visiting; check nps.gov for current hours and alerts.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"Underground Railroad","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":2,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":3}}