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Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site

Coordinates: 40°15′46.41″N 79°54′57.77″W / 40.2628917°N 79.9160472°W / 40.2628917; -79.9160472
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Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site
Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site is located in Pennsylvania
Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site
Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site is located in the United States
Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site
Nearest cityJefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°15′46.41″N 79°54′57.77″W / 40.2628917°N 79.9160472°W / 40.2628917; -79.9160472
Built1794
MPSWhiskey Rebellion Resources in Southwestern Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.92001501[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1992
Designated PHMCJune 10, 1948[2]

Lobb's Cemetery, a.k.a. Lobb's Run Cemetery, is an historic cemetery that is located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It takes its name from Lobb's Run, a minor tributary of the Monongahela River, which flows by the entrance to the cemetery.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

History

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The former Yohogania County Courthouse was once located close to this cemetery. Several of the rebels involved in the Whiskey Rebellion were buried in this cemetery circa 1794.[3]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Yohogania Courthouse – PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "The Whiskey Insurrection." Monongahela, Pennsylvania: The Republican, November 16, 1894, p. 4 (subscription required).
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