Near Hookstown in Beaver County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Early Methodist Church

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 20, 2011

1. Site of Early Methodist Church Marker

Inscription. Early Methodist Episcopal Church circa 1832. Ground given for church use and free burial plot. Deeded in 1834 by Mathias Hook. Hookstown's founder and a Revolutionary soldier who is buried here.
Summer subscription school held here in 1859.

Erected by Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania - Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1832.

Location. 40° 35.942′ N, 80° 27.897′ W. Marker is near Hookstown, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. It can be reached from Pine Street (Pennsylvania Route 168) 0.4 miles east of Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Located in southwest corner of Hookstown Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hookstown PA 15050, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

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: Hookstown (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mill Creek (approx. 0.7 miles away); Site of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver County Pennsylvania (approx. 2 miles away); Midland Education

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(approx. 2.6 miles away); Cooks Ferry (approx. 2.8 miles away); Georgetown (approx. 3.4 miles away); The Penna - Virginia Boundary (approx. 3.4 miles away); Georgetown Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hookstown.

Also see . . . Mathias Hook at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on November 28, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 20, 2011

2. Site of Early Methodist Church Marker

Mathias Hook Grave image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 20, 2011

3. Mathias Hook Grave

Located at Site of Early Methodist Church marker

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 20, 2011

4. Site of Early Methodist Church Marker

Mathias Hook grave located directly behind marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 946 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 20, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.