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Submitted: 10/8/18 • Approved: 10/9/18 • Last Updated: 10/9/18 • R8527-G0
Born: 28 June 1749; Died: 26 February 1811
Reverend Peter Kemp is associated with the founding of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (the first Protestant denomination founded in the United States), which occurred at his home in Rocky Springs, near Frederick, Maryland on 25 September 1800. Rocky Springs Cemetery lies adjacent to Reverend Peter Kemp's homestead where the U.B. church was founded in 1800.
Contributed on 10/8/18 by debbymoone
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