Goose Creek Monthly Meeting (Bedford County, Va.) Records
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1789-1820
Creator
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
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.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet
Language
English
Arrangement
Divided into series: 1.Men's Minutes; 2.Women's minutes; 3.Vital records; 4.Miscellaneous.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
General
This Monthly Meeting should not be confused with Goose Creek Monthly Meeting in Lincoln, Va., Loudon County.
Subject
- Title
- Goose Creek Monthly Meeting (Bedford County, Va.) Records
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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