About This Place
Old Tennent Church is a colonial-era Presbyterian church built in 1751, located adjacent to Monmouth Battlefield State Park. The church served as a field hospital during the Battle of Monmouth, and its cemetery contains the graves of soldiers who died in the engagement.
Revolutionary Significance
Old Tennent Church was built by the congregation of the Tennent Presbyterian Church, named for the Reverend William Tennent, a leading figure in the Great Awakening. The white clapboard building, with its distinctive steeple and box pews, has been in continuous use since its construction. During the Battle of Monmouth, the church was converted into a hospital for wounded soldiers, and bullet holes from the battle are still visible in the walls. The adjacent cemetery contains graves of Continental Army soldiers killed in the battle, including Lieutenant Colonel Henry Monckton of the British 2nd Grenadier Battalion, one of the highest-ranking British officers killed at Monmouth. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and continues to hold regular services.
Location
448 Tennent Road, Manalapan, NJ 07726
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Events at This Location
1778
Marquis de Lafayette
1778
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton
1778
Sir Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis
1778
Sir Henry Clinton
1778
Sir Henry Clinton, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1778
George Washington, Charles Lee, Anthony Wayne
1778
Charles Lee, Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington
1778
1778
George Washington, Charles Lee, Sir Henry Clinton
1778
Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher)
1778
George Washington, Charles Lee, Marquis de Lafayette
1778
Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher)
1778
Marquis de Lafayette, Charles Lee, Anthony Wayne
1778
George Washington, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1778
Charles Cornwallis, Anthony Wayne, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1778
Alexander Hamilton, George Washington
1778
George Washington, Anthony Wayne, Alexander Hamilton
1778
Sir Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis
1778
Charles Lee, George Washington, Anthony Wayne
1779
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben