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South River Monthly Meeting 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.
Overview and metadata sections
Meetings at South River began as the Weekly Meeting of Bedford in 1754, under the care of Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting. By 1757 it achieved the status of a Monthly Meeting part of Upper Quarterly Meeting. 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. Western Quarterly Meeting was discontinued in 1817 and South River was again joined to Upper Quarterly Meeting. South River Monthly Meeting itself was laid down in 1847.
Records of South River Monthly Meeting, 1757-1848. Includes men's minutes 1757-1839, women's minutes 1763-1842, and vital records 1757-1848.
Divided into series: 1.Men's Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Worship & Ministry and its Predecessors; 4. Financial Records; 5.Miscellaneous.
Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Organization
Subject
- Society of Friends -- Virginia -- Bedford County
- Society of Friends -- Virginia -- Campbell County
- Society of Friends -- Virginia -- Albemarle County
- Society of Friends -- Virginia -- Halifax County
Place
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2009
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
- Use Restrictions
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Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.
Collection Inventory
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B202
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B211
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
One pkg. contains four volumes.
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B211
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Minutes from 1764-1771 are lost.
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B211
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B211
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B211
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Includes an index.
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B202
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location:
- Haverford: No Film
- Swarthmore: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections