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Upper
Sandy Presbyterian Church |
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 The
Upper Sandy or Georgetown Presbyterian congregation was
organized in 1799 by Elisha McCurdy and Joseph
Stockton. The first eldership consisted of Alexander
McCracken and William Byers.
Rev. William Wylie acted as the first pastor, his service
extending from April 13, 1802, to December 5, 1804. The next year Rev.
Stockton, then located at Meadville, supplied the congregation
one-third of his time. The following year Mr.
Johnston performed similar service. The eldership removing from
the place the congregation became extinct for a time. In 1814 the
reorganization of the congregation, under the name of Georgetown,
occurred, Rev. Ira Condit becoming their
pastor. This relation he sustained until the date of his death, October
24, 1836. Rev. David Waggoner was installed
next, July 11, 1888, and continued until May 4, 1853. Rev.
James M. Shields succeeded August 9, 1855, and continued until
February 28, 1864. In May, 1864, Mr. Waggoner returned and was employed
two-thirds of his time, the remainder being devoted to Greenfield. He
continued until February, 1872. Rev. J. M.
Robinson became pastor in May, 1873. The first meeting-house,
built on the farm of Joseph Brush, was made
of rough logs. Its floor consisted of mother earth, and its windows of
oiled paper. The second was erected about 1818. It was hewed logs, had a
floor and glass windows, and was a decided improvement in point of
architecture. The highest subscription for its erection was made
by Martin Carringer, $10. The
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List
of the Churches in Sheakleyville today
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Biography
of Ira Condit, one of the early pastors of the Upper Sandy
Presbyterian Church in Sheakleyville
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present structure was
dedicated January 4, 1835. The
session of the church has borne such names as William
Byers, Samuel Axtell, Andrew McCracken, Robert Tiffany, John Condit,
John Stinson, Orison Eels, John Kerr, David Hadley, David Thompson, John
W. McCracken, Hugh Lackey, Jacob Vaughn, Andrew De Arment, W. P. Mc
Donald and others.
The History of Mercer County,1888, page 474.
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