~ THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS ~
~ OR QUAKERS ~
New Garden Meeting House, 1869. Original watercolor by John B. Collins.
[Digital image by the Friends Historical Collection, Guilford College,
Greensboro, NC. Those wishing to use this image for web sites or other
forms of publication should contact the Friends Historical Collection
[www.guilford.edu/fhc] for permission. Use of this image does not imply
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Guilford Area Quaker History
from the History of Guilford County, North Carolina,
by the Guilford County Bicentennial Commission
Excerpts from Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
Foreword, Introduction, Abbreviations,
and the introductory paragraphs for Guilford County meetings, and associated meetings nearby;
reading these sections is essential to understanding the Hinshaw abstracts
Quaker Families of Guilford County
OLD STYLE & NEW STYLE DATES FOR THE QUAKER CALENDAR
You are probably familiar with the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1752/53. Because of the Quaker custom of not using standard names for months there is some modern confusion when referring to pre-1752 Quaker records. The following table should be of assistance.
| OLD STYLE (Julian Calendar) | QUAKER | NEW STYLE (Gregorian Calendar) |
| before 1753, year began in March | after 1 Jan 1753 | |
| March (before 1753) | 1st month | January (starting in 1753) |
| April | 2nd month | February |
| May | 3rd month | March |
| June | 4th month | April |
| July | 5th month | May |
| August | 6th month | June |
| September | 7th month | July |
| October | 8th month | August |
| November | 9th month | September |
| December | 10th month | October |
| January | 11th month | November |
| February | 12th month | December |
Friends Historical Collection at Guilford College
North Carolina Friends Historical Society
Quaker Roots Mailing List at Rootsweb
Meetings
New Garden Friends Meeting, Greensboro
First Friends Meeting, Greensboro
first called Greensboro Friends Meeting
Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Snow Camp, NC
Monthly Meetings in North America: A Quaker Index
The Religious Society of Friends
The Old Discipline, from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1806
Cane Creek, founded 1751 in Old Orange County, was the "mother" of New Garden, Centre, Spring, Deep River, Rocky River, Holly Spring, and Edward Hill meetings, and it gave initial permission for Back Creek Meeting.
- explains some terminology and requirements
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
many Guilford Quakers were involved in this effort;
there are more links on the "African Ancestry" page of this website, if you are interested
Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad page by Guilford College
wagon for transporting slaves, at Mendenhall Plantation
Levi & Catharine Coffin of Guilford County, NC, & Richmond, Indiana
Guilford County North Carolina USGenWeb
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