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First Presbyterian Church in Illinois
CITY:
Enfield
COUNTY:
White
DEDICATED BY:
United Presbyterian Church in the USA and The Illinois State Historical Society
DEDICATION DATE:
January 1, 1964 at 6:00:00 AM
The marker is located on the east side of US 45.about halfway between Enfield and Norris City.
In 1816 the Reverend James McGready of Kentucky organized Sharon, the first Presbyterian Church in Illinois, with Peter Miller, James Mayes, and James Rutledge as ruling elders. Three miles northeast of this site B. F. Spilman, active Presbyterian Church organizer, was ordained in 1824; .5 mile east is the present building and the 1817 cemetery.
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