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Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting Records

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Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, sometimes called Camp Creek Monthly Meeting, was established from Henrico-Curles Monthly Meeting in 1739. The Cedar Creek Particular Meeting in Hanover County and the Particular Meeting in Caroline County were united to form Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting. This Monthly Meeting would later include meetings in Albemarle, Amelia, Bedford, Campbell, Caroline, Charles City, Goochland, Genito, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, New Kent, and Orange counties. After 1875 Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting became Richmond Monthly Meeting.

Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting introduced the first minute, in May 1767, leading to the abolition of slavery in the Virginia Meetings.

In 1790 all meetings in Northern Virginia, Western Maryland, Nottingham Quarter, and meetings farther west in Pennsylvania were assigned to Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

Records of Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, 1729-1939. Includes men's minutes 1739-1893, women's minutes 1754-1880, worship & ministry and its predecessors 1791-1837, vital records 1729-1916, and miscellaneous 1939.

Divided into series: 1.Men's Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Worship & Ministry and its Predecessors; 4.Vital Records; 5.Miscellaneous.

From 1875 the meeting is referred to as Richmond Monthly Meeting.

Includes Camp Creek Monthly Meeting records 1747-1753, Cedar Creek Preparative Meeting Minutes 1790-1792, and Richmond Monthly Meeting Records from 1875.

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

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Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2009
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Collection Inventory

1116/219. Minutes, 1739-1773.
Scope and Contents

Volume includes Camp Creek Meeting Minutes 1747-1753, and births, deaths, and marriages 1729-1755.

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1 pkg.

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Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

1116/236. Minutes, 1739-1773.
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Photostat copies.

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Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

1116/219. Minutes, 1747-1753.
Scope and Contents

Volume includes Cedar Creek Meeting Minutes 1739-1773, and births, deaths, and marriages 1729-1755.

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1 pkg.

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1116/220. Minutes, 1747-1753.
Scope and Contents

Includes births 1729-1755.

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1 pkg.

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1116/222. Minutes, 1775-1789.
Scope and Contents

Cedar Creek included, Caroline, Genito, and Amelia County Meetings.

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1116/223. Minutes, 1789-1791.
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One pkg. contains four volumes.

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1116/221. Preparative Meeting Minutes, 1790-1792.
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1116/223. Minutes, 1791-1793.
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1116/223. Minutes, 1793-1794.
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Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

1116/223. Minutes, 1797-1798.
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1116/224. Minutes, 1791-1794, 1797-1798.
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1116/225. Minutes, 1810-1833.
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Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

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1116/226. Minutes (rough), 1831-1833.
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1116/226. Minutes (rough), 1831-1833.
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Photostat copies.

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1116/227. Minutes, 1834-1848; 1854-1868.
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Items laid in.

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1116/237. Minutes, 1834-1848; 1854-1868.
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1116/228. Minutes, 1844-1845.
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One pkg. contains four items.

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1116/228. Minutes, 1846-1848.
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1116/228. Minutes, 1848-1853.
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One pkg. contains four items.

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1116/228. Minutes, 1858.
Scope and Contents

One meeting, 9mo. 8, 1858.

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1116/229. Minutes, 1868-1893.
Scope and Contents

Includes newspaper clippings of Cedar Creek Church which burned in 1904.

Name changes to Richmond Monthly Meeting in 1875.

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1116/238. Minutes, 1868-1893.
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Name changes to Richmond Monthly Meeting in 1875.

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1116/230. Minutes, 1754-1816.
Scope and Contents

Minutes lost from 1764-1787.

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1116/231. Minutes (rough), 1835-1837.
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One pkg. contains three items.

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1 pkg.

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Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

1116/231. Minutes (rough), 1835-1837.
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One pkg. contains three items.

Photostat copies.

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1 pkg.

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1116/231. Minutes (rough), 1873-1880.
Scope and Contents

Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting from 1873-1875, Richmond Monthly Meeting 1875-1880.

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1116/232. Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1791-1799.
Scope and Contents

Monthly Meeting of Ministers and Elders.

General

One pkg. contains four volumes.

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1116/232. Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1800-1806.
Scope and Contents

Select Monthly and Preparative Meetings of Ministers and Elders.

General

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1116/232. Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1807-1813.
Scope and Contents

Select Preparative Meetings of Ministers and Elders.

General

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1116/232. Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1823-1828; 1833-1837.
Scope and Contents

Select Preparative Meetings of Ministers and Elders.

General

One pkg. contains four volumes.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

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Physical Description

1 pkg.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

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Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

1116/219. Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 1729-1755.
Scope and Contents

Volume includes Camp Creek Monthly Meeting Minutes 1747-1753, and Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting Minutes 1739-1773.

Existence and Location of Copies

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1 pkg.

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1116/220. Births, 1729-1755.
Scope and Contents

Volume includes Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting Minutes 1739-1773.

General

Photostat copies.

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1116/223. Register and Membership Lists, 1732-1916.
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1116/234. Births and Deaths, 1740-1824.
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1116/Box 6. Admissions of Misconduct, 1791-1901.
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1 folder

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1116/235. Certificates, 1799-1901.
Scope and Contents

Marriages 1791-1894, removals 1788-1857, disownments 1786-1891, membership records for Richmond Monthly Meeting 1898-1901.

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Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

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1116/Box 6. Histories of Cedar Creek and Blackwater Monthly Meetings, 1939.
Scope and Contents

Histories written by Mrs. Douglas Summers Brown.

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Affiliation: Orthodox

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