Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Old Cemetery
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.
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Is Red Oak Presbyterian Church and Old Cemetery haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
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.
Documented history
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.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceRed 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.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
UGRR enrichment wave 1; VERIFY task auto-queued.