origins in Virginia, Kentucky & North Carolina
Origins of the Presbyterian Church in McDonough County: interwoven stories about the founding of Macomb and McDonough County, Illinois:
- Presbyterian Church early years, missionaries & pastors, and members of Macomb First , McDonough, Shiloh, and Camp Creek
- Death of John Wilson in 1834 and Conviction & Hanging of Elias & David McFadin in 1835: Conflict in Macomb, McFadin Trial Press, McFadden/McFadin Family
- McDonough College, a Presbyterian College:
- tensions arising from beliefs from the northeast (Yankee) and from southern states (Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky), including:
- Presbyterian Old School vs. New School Schism of 1837
- Abolitionism, colonization, & slavery
- Land ownership
- Economic Panic of 1837
- Political Implications of Mormons in Hancock County
- Macomb’s Methodist Beginnings
- Masonic Lodge