The Old Rehobeth Church Cemetery - Continued

More views of the Church:

A view of the end gable and the roof joints.

A support beam near the center of the church.

National Register of Historic Places plaque on exterior wall of the church.

REHOBOTH

OLDEST CHURCH BUILDING

WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS

SOCIETY OF METHODISTS ORGANIZED

1784

FIRST BISHOP OF AMERICAN METHODISTS

FRANCIS ASBURY

WAS PRESENT AT THE RAISING OF THE CHURCH

1785

DEDICATED THIS LOG MEETING HOUSE

1786

AND HELD THREE ANNUAL CONFERENCES IN

MAY 1792, 1793, 1796.

THE CHURCH WAS BUILT CHIEFLY BY THE

MEANS OF AND THROUGH THE INDUSTRY OF

EDWARD KEENAN

WHO DEEDED FOR CHURCH AND

BURYING GROUNDS FIVE ACRES FOR

AS LONG AS GRASS GROWS AND WATER FLOWS

RESTORED IN 1927 UNDER SUPERVISION OF

REVEREND GEORGE W. RICHARDSON

PRESIDING ELDER