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Goose Creek Monthly Meeting (Loudoun County, Va.) Records

 Collection — othertype: SW/B/G661
Identifier: QM-B-G661

Scope and Contents

Records of Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, 1732-1963 and 1996-2020. Includes men's and joint minutes 1785-1950 (plus 2016 digital minutes), women's minutes 1785-1889, vital records 1732-2013, and miscellaneous 1797-1878 and 1996-2020.

Dates

  • Creation: 1732-1963/1996-2020

Creator

Language of Materials

Records in English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.

Biographical / Historical

As early as 1746, a meeting for worship was established for Friends in the Goose Creek area. By 1774, this meeting was set off as a preparative meeting under Fairfax Monthly Meeting. In 12mo 1785, Goose Creek Monthly Meeting was established, including members of both Goose Creek and South Fork Preparative Meetings. Following the Separation of 1828, the meeting affiliated with the Hicksite branch of Friends. A small number of members withdrew and joined with other Orthodox Friends to establish the Hopewell Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). In 1950, the Hicksite meeting joined with Orthodox Friends as Goose Creek Monthly Meeting (United).

Extent

1 linear ft.

0.1 GB

Arrangement

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

Physical Location

This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit. Digital records from the 2010s deposited by Wayne Finegar, General Secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, in 2020.

General

Vol. 3.1 includes births, burials, marriages, and removals (indexed). Vol. 3.2 includes the marriage certificate of William Harris to Elisabeth Holmes. Vol. 3.3 includes births, deaths, marriages, and removals. Vol. 4.1 includes Bernard Taylor's Account Book (indexed).

Title
Goose Creek Monthly Meeting (Loudoun County, Va.) Records
Date
2005
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Find It at the Library

Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library