Stonycreek Township near Berlin in Somerset County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Jeremiah S. Black
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 26, 2009
1. Jeremiah S. Black Marker
Erected 1930 by Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Somerset County Bar Association.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1794.
Location. 39° 58.127′ N, 78° 57.208′ W. Marker is near Berlin, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is in Stonycreek Township. It is on Glades Pike (Pennsylvania Route 31) 0.1 miles east of Brotherton Road ( Route 1005), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7857 Glades Pike, Berlin PA 15530, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Flight 93 Monument (approx. 3.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); General Robert Philson (approx. 3.3 miles away); Berlin (approx. 3.3 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 26, 2009
2. Jeremiah Sullivan Black Marker
Birthplace of Jeremiah Sullivan Black, 10th January, 1810
President Judge, Sixteenth Pennsylvania Judicial District, 1842-1851.
Associate Justice and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, 1851-1857.
Attorney General of the United States, 1857-1860.
Secretary of State of the United States, 1860-1861.
Fearless and eloquent defender of constitutional rights, of trial by jury, and of civil and religious liberty until his death, 19th August, 1883.
“To live unmolested is not a political privilege, but a natural, absolute and indefeasible right, which human government may protect, but cannot either give or withhold.” From his address on religious liberty.
President Judge, Sixteenth Pennsylvania Judicial District, 1842-1851.
Associate Justice and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, 1851-1857.
Attorney General of the United States, 1857-1860.
Secretary of State of the United States, 1860-1861.
Fearless and eloquent defender of constitutional rights, of trial by jury, and of civil and religious liberty until his death, 19th August, 1883.
“To live unmolested is not a political privilege, but a natural, absolute and indefeasible right, which human government may protect, but cannot either give or withhold.” From his address on religious liberty.
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3. Judge Jeremiah Black
Photo between 1855 and 1865 — Brady-Handy photograph collection.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 26, 2009
4. Jeremiah Sullivan Black Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 26, 2009
5. Jeremiah S. Black Markers
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 26, 2009
6. Jeremiah S. Black Marker
Looking west toward Brotherton Road and Brotherton Pike Cemetery.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,516 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 11, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on October 16, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 11, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
