Whiskey Rebellion




Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1791/03/00 John Neville is appointed federal revenue inspector for a district comprising Allegheny, Bedford, Washington and Westmoreland counties, collecting the excise tax on whiskey. Woodville Plantation (Neville House), Bridgeville
1794/07/00 George Washington visits the Cresap house, he was in Maryland to review troops headed to end the Whiskey Rebellion. Michael Cresap House, Oldtown
1794/07/00 Point of Fork Arsenal supplies arms use to end the Whiskey Rebellion. Point of Fork Arsenal, Columbia
1794/07/16 500 men led by Oliver Miller Jr and James McFarlane march on Bower Hill demanding Neville to resign his Post. Armed slaves and soldiers battle the attackers: Miller, McFarlane and an army officer died and Bower Hill burnt to the ground.(site Kane Blvd) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1794/08/14 226 whiskey rebels meet at a bluff (Main St and Park Av) in Parkinson's Ferry. Albert Gallatin calms the rebels contributing to a peaceful ending to the Whiskey Rebellion and the possibility of civil conflict. Monongahela City, Pennsylvania
1794/11/00 David Bradford flees approaching Federal troops to Spanish West Florida (present day Louisiana). David Bradford House, Washington
1794/11/00 William Crawford and his son are arrested by Captain Dunlap and are taken to prison in Philadelphia
1794/11/08 Federal troops arrive at Parkinson's Ferry to arrest rebels Monongahela City, Pennsylvania
1795/05/11 William Crawford is found inocent, a verdict of ignoramus, at his trial for treason

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