Dear Corinne, Before Redstone MM look at Hopewell MM in Winchester VA. It was the mother meeting for those who went west of the mountains at an early date. The folks at Swarthmore Library are very helpful in figuring our where to look. Sometimes the answers can be quite surprising. There is a place named Fredericktown in Knox Co., Ohio. I visited a friend there and was told that a number of Quaker families went there from Frederick, MD to get away from slavery. When I went to look up these people for my friend I found that their meeting was under Alum Creek Meeting in Delaware, Co., Ohio a looooooong way away. Sincerely, Helen Staats Harris hstaats@mindspring.com At 07:59 AM 10/10/97 -0500, you wrote: >Quaker membership was often held in the nearest meeting >to where the people were living. In the case of some of the >pioneers, that could be pretty far away. When the first Quakers >went to the Miami Valley of Ohio (south west part of the state) >their membership was at Redstone, Pa. Some researchers >have assumed the people also had gone to Redstone.... >which is not the case. This particular bunch came from >S.C. to Ohio, but their names in Pa. were only a formality. >Before long, they set up meetings in their area, and then >transferred (not moved). > >Corinne Hanna Diller >Houston, TX >Cdiller@juno.com > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm