Editing Shiloh, Illinois (section)

==History==
A site known as "Three Springs" for its geological characteristics hosted an 11-day revival camp meeting in April 1807, which was the first in St. Clair County and possibly the second in Illinois Country, which was then part of [[Indiana Territory]]. It was organized by the Rev. [[William McKendree]], Presiding Elder of the Western Conference and 4th Bishop of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]].{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

This assembly inspired construction of the log Shiloh Meeting House on the site shortly afterward, being the first Methodist church in the county and second in the [[Illinois Country]]. This meeting house came to be the longest-organized [[United Methodist church]] in the state of Illinois,<ref>{{cite web
  |url=http://www.shiloh-umc.org/who-we-are/history-of-shiloh-umc/
  |title=History of Shiloh UMC
  |publisher=Shiloh United Methodist Church
  |access-date=May 8, 2013}}</ref> bequeathing its name to the village and township which grew up around it.  Three members of this church<ref>Risdon Moore, Jacob Ogle (son of Joseph Ogle, a church Trustee), and Andrew Bankson (nephew of Silas Bankson, another Trustee): Clarence Edwin Carter, Ed., ''Territorial Papers of the United States, Vol. XVI'' (Washington: U.S. Govt. Printing Ofc.; 1948), p. 392</ref> played significant roles in state government in the effort to prevent slaveholding from gaining a foothold in Illinois.<ref>E.B. Washburne, ''Sketch of Edward Coles'' (Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co.; 1882), pp. 104-108</ref>