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Goose Creek Monthly Meeting (Bedford County, Va.) 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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Goose Creek, in Bedford County, was granted the status of an indulged meeting under South River Monthly Meeting in 1786 and by 1794 was established as a Monthly Meeting. In 1797 Western Quarterly Meeting was set up for South River and Goose Creek Meetings. By 1814 Goose Creek Monthly Meeting was discontinued and membership joined to South River Monthly Meeting.

Goose Creek Monthly Meeting in Loudoun County was a separate monthly meeting.

Records of Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, 1789-1820. Includes men's minutes 1794-1814, women's minutes 1794-1814, vital records 1789-1820, and miscellaneous.

Divided into series: 1.Men's Minutes; 2.Women's minutes; 3.Vital records; 4.Miscellaneous.

This Monthly Meeting should not be confused with Goose Creek Monthly Meeting in Lincoln, Va., Loudon County.

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
Access Restrictions

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

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Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.

Collection Inventory

HC.BM.G665.02.001 (1116/258). Minutes, 1794-1814.
Scope and Contents

Includes a typed index.

General

Items laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B134
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.G665.02.002. Index to Minutes, 1794-1815.
Box 48
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Seperation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.G665.03.001 (1116/259). Minutes, 1794-1814.
General

Items laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B134
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.G665.01.001 (1116/260). Register and Certificates, 1793-1814.
Box 48
Scope and Contents

Includes certificates of marriage, testimonies and acknowledgements.

Index at front.

General

Items laid in.

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

HC.BM.G665.01.002 (1116/261). Marriages, Births, and Deaths, 1795-1813.
Scope and Contents

Includes index.

General

Items laid in.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
  2. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B211
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.G665.01.003 (1116/Box 6). Marriages, 1789-1820.
Box 48
Scope and Contents

Certificates of marriage (including five originals), removals, etc.

General

Loose papers, 43 items.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

HC.BM.G665.01.004 (1116/Box 6). Historical Sketch, 1756-1826.
Scope and Contents

"Pioneer Quakers of Goose Creek Meeting in Bedford Co., Va., 1756-1826" by Douglas Summers Brown, F.I.A.G.

Includes hand drawn map

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

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