West River Quaker Burial Ground Records
Scope and Contents
Records of the West River Quaker Burial Ground, 1862-1994. Consists of Minutes of the Trustees, General Records, Correspondence, Financial Records, and Miscellaneous. Financial materials include records of lot owners and sale of lots. Historical information is found in Miscellaneous.
Organized into five series:
- Minutes
- Correspondence
- General
- Legal & Financial Records
- Miscellaneous
Dates
- Creation: 1862-1994
Creator
- Trustees of the West River Quaker Burial Ground (Organization)
- Trustees of the West River Quaker Burial Ground (Contributor, Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
In 1656, Elizabeth Harris, an English Friend, visited Maryland and converted a number of early residents; George Fox and William Edmundson attended a meeting at West River in 1672. Minutes of the monthly meeting which included West River survive from 1677.
Although Thomas Hooker devised a small plot of land to Friends in 1684 and Ann Pemberton deeded adjacent ground in 1833, the State of Maryland confirmed a 1867 deed when it incorporated Trustees for the "Quaker Burial Ground" in Galesville in 1888. This latter group of Trustees was made up of individuals whose families were interred in the ground, not necessarily all Quakers. However, in 1994, their successors petitioned Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting to take responsibility for the site; the Quarterly Meeting approved and appointed three Friends and one of the previous Trustees to a new Board.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language
English
Overview
Although Thomas Hooker devised a small plot of land to Friends in 1684 and Ann Pemberton deeded adjacent ground in 1833, the State of Maryland confirmed a 1867 deed when it incorporated Trustees for the "Quaker Burial Ground" in Galesville in 1888. This latter group of Trustees was made up of individuals whose families were interred in the ground, not necessarily all Quakers. However, in 1994, their successors petitioned Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting to take responsibility for the site; the Quarterly Meeting approved and appointed three Friends and one of the previous Trustees to a new Board. Collection includes records of the West River Quaker Burial Ground, 1862-1994. Consists of Minutes of the Trustees, General Records, Correspondence, Financial Records, and Miscellaneous. Financial materials include records of lot owners and sale of lots. Historical information is found in Miscellaneous
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: West River Quaker Burial Ground
Date: 1995
Accruals: 1996
Separated Materials
(10) folders with photocopies of correspondence and related materials on the family genealogies of Cathell, Coale-Thurston, Franklin, Johns, Lazenby, Murray, Orrick, Richardson, Thomas, and Taylor, 1935-1995, transferred to the appropriate PG7 folders.
Processing Information
Original order preserved. Refoldered and labeled and deposited in Record Group 4.
- Title
- Finding aid for West River Quaker Burial Ground Records, 1862-1994
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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