Peter Muhlenberg

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The Town of Woodstock has been the County Seat of Shenandoah County, since the County's formation in 1772. 

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg delivered his now famous sermon at his church located in the heart of Woodstock. At the conclusion of his farewell sermon, Muhlenberg threw off his clerical robes to reveal an officer's uniform beneath and shouted, "there is a time to pray and a time to fight..."  With that declaration, he then called for volunteers to join the 8th Virginia Regiment under his command. 

In 1795, the courthouse, designed by Thomas Jefferson, was built in Town, using native limestone. The courthouse, located on Main Street, is the oldest courthouse still in use west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.