RED OAK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND OLD CEMETERY
Historic Site — Georgetown, Ohio
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/red-oak-presbyterian-church-and-old-cemetery-georgetown-ohio/

The Scotch-Irish church—where the congregation sheltered fugitives.

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.

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.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
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.

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· 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.
· 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.

SOURCES — 3 cited
· Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01 — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223
· NPS Network to Freedom listing — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
· Underground Railroad — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad

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