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Blackwater and Upper Monthly Meetings Records

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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Blackwater Monthly Meeting was also called Surry, Burleigh, and Gravelly Run Meeting before 1800. Friends in Brunswick County, Wards Meeting, asked to join in 1770. Blackwater Monthly Meeting was held alternately at Blackwater and Burleigh until 1800 when Burleigh and Gravelly Run Preparative meetings separated from Blackwater Monthly Meeting. In 1807 the Blackwater Monthly Meeting was laid down and membership joined to the Western Branch Monthly Meeting.

The Upper Monthly Meeting was formed in 1800 with the separation of the Burleigh and Gravelly Run Preparative Meetings from Blackwater Monthly Meeting in Sussex County. Meetings were held alternately at Burleigh in Prince George County and Gravelly Run in Dinwiddie County. In 1832 the Upper Monthly Meeting was laid down and membership joined the Western Branch Monthly Meeting.

Records of Blackwater and Upper Monthly Meetings, 1765-1832. Includes men's minutes 1765-1776 (Blackwater), 1779-1807 (Blackwater), 1800-1832 (Upper); women's minutes 1752-1775 (Blackwater), 1792-1803 (Blackwater), and 1800-1832 (Upper); vital records 1760-1810, and miscellaneous.

Divided into series: 1.Vital Records; 2.Men's and Joint Minutes; 3.Women's Minutes; 4.Miscellaneous

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

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Subject
Place

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Use Restrictions

Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.

Collection Inventory

HC.BM.B541.01.001 (1116/198). Gravelly Run Monthly Meeting Register, 1760-1810.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B92
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.02.001 (1116/195). Blackwater Minutes, 1765-1776.
Box 42
Scope and Contents

This volume lists marriage records, 1762-1763. Also included in this package is a typed copy of minutes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B92
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.02.002. Blackwater Minutes, 1765-1776.
Box 42
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Seperation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.02.003 (1116/196). Blackwater Minutes, 1779-1795.
Scope and Contents

Includes manumissions of slaves, 1776-1779.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B92
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.02.004 (1116/197). Blackwater Minutes, 1776-1779, 1801-1807.
Box 42
General

Volume begins with minutes of 1800-1807.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B92
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.02.005 (1116/200). Upper Minutes, 1800-1819.
Scope and Contents

Minutes from a meeting in 1826 are laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B212
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.02.006 (1116/201). Upper Minutes, 1819-1832.
Scope and Contents

Includes certificates (1822-1831).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B212
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.03.001 (1116/199). Blackwater Minutes, 1752-1775.
Box 42
Scope and Contents

Included with this package is a fragment of a journal, telling of a travelling Friend's journeys in England, Ireland, and America.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B92
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.03.002 (1116/199). Blackwater Minutes, 1792-1803.
Box 42
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B92
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.03.003 (1116/202). Upper Minutes, 1800-1832.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B212
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.B541.01.002 (1116/Box 6). History of Blackwater Monthly Meeting, 1672-1807.
Box 42
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

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