Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site

Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pennsylvania state historical marker
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Nearest city	Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°15′46.41″N79°54′57.77″W / 40.2628917°N 79.9160472°W / 40.2628917; -79.9160472
Built	1794
MPS	Whiskey Rebellion Resources in Southwestern Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	92001501 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1992
Designated PHMC	June 10, 1948 [2]

Lobb's Cemetery, a.k.a. Lobb's Run Cemetery, is an historic cemetery that is located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It takes its name from Lobb's Run, a minor tributary of the Monongahela River, which flows by the entrance to the cemetery.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

History

The former Yohogania County Courthouse was once located close to this cemetery. Several of the rebels involved in the Whiskey Rebellion were buried in this cemetery circa 1794. ^[3]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Yohogania Courthouse – PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
3. "The Whiskey Insurrection." Monongahela, Pennsylvania: The Republican, November 16, 1894, p. 4 (subscription required).

External links

• Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site at Find a Grave