Peter Cartwright was an American Methodist and revivalist preacher in the Midwest, as well as twice an elected legislator in Illinois. Cartwright, a Methodist missionary, helped start America's Second
American Methodist, revivalist, preacher, Peter Cartwright
Cartwright's tombstone, in Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County, Illinois
Revival of 1800
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The Revival of 1800, also known as the Red River Revival, was a series of evangelical Christian meetings which began in Logan County, Kentucky. These ignited the subsequent events and influenced sever
Peter Cartwright (revivalist)
…was then Kentucky County, now Logan County, Kentucky. In 1801, as teenager, Cartwright was converted at a camp meeting in Kentucky associated with the Revival of 1800, a series of sacrament meetings conducted by Presbyterian James McGready and other Presbyterian and Methodist ministers. He subsequently joined the…
The Red River in Logan County, KY, 2014
Reconstructed Red River Meeting House, 2014
Shaker dwelling at South Union, Logan County, 2014