Fayette County was not exempt from it.

The collector's house was broken into, and his commission taken from him by armed men; the sheriff refused to serve the writs against the rioters of the spring.

Since these disturbances there had been no trouble in this county.

But the malcontents elsewhere rose in arms, riots ensued, and the safety of the whole community was compromised.

The news reaching Fayette, the distillers held a meeting at Uniontown, the county seat, on July 20.