SMITHFIELD PRESBYTERIAN OAK 



Submitted by Samuel S. Ferris, Philmont 



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THE Rev. George Whitfield preached under this oak 

 Sunday, June 18, 1 770. The services were to be held in 

 the Smithfield Church which stands just opposite the tree 

 but the church was too small to accommodate the congre- 

 gation so he delivered his sermon in the inviting shade of 

 this nearby oak. 



On the 150th anniversary, exercises were held and a plate 

 attached to the tree commemorating this historical occasion. 

 Won $2. 



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