Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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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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