According to James H. Norton's very useful Ph.D. dissertation at Case Western "Quakers West of the Alleghenies and in Ohio to 1861," "Sunsbury Meeting was located in Sunsbury Township, Monroe County, near Jerusalem. A Meeting for Worship was established in 1825 by Somerset Monthly Meeting. Sunsbury was divided by the Separation of 1828, with both branches carrying on meetings. It appears that the Hicksite meeting did not enjoy a long duration of existence. The Orthodox group sided with the Conservative Friends in 1854. Sunsbury Preparative Meeting was laid down in 1865 and the Meeting for Worship by 1867." Since Susnbury never became a monthly meeting, pertinent records to 1828 will be found in the Somerset Monthly Meeting. After the Hicksite Separation, the Orthodox members remained part of Somerset Monthly Meeting, while the Hicksites would have become a branch of the Hicksite Stillwater Monthly Meeting. As for Alum Creek Monthly Meeting, the Benedict family, who were Orthodox, were committed abolitionists, and probably had sympathies with Anti-Slavery Friends. I don't know of any separation there in the 1840s, however. Tom Hamm As I remember my Interstate 71 exits, Sunsbury is nearest to Alum Creek > Monthly Meeting in Morrow County, OH: > http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST57L > I do not know of a specific Anti-Slavery separation in Alum Creek MM, but > the Congregational Friends may have attracted some members of the Hicksite > Alum Creek meeting farther north in Morrow County and over in Knox County. > http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST58L > > As to the Congregational Friends, Tom Hamm's book, GOD'S GOVERNMENT > BEGUN: THE SOCIETY FOR UNIVERSAL INQUIRY AND REFORM, 1842-1846, is the > most > comprehensive source. You might focus on pp. 108ff (PRAIRIE HOME) or pp. > 122ff (HIGHLAND HOME). The nearest identifiable monthly meeting was > Goshen > (Congregational) MM in Logan County. > http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST807L > In October when I was researching another question in the Alum Creek > (Orthodox/EFI) minutes, I saw several entries that suggested some > anti-slavery sympathies in the 1840s. These Ohio meetings were still part > of Indiana YM until 1856, so they were in part caught up in the > anti-slavery > separation of that time. > > Tom Hill > > Thomas C. Hill > Cincinnati, OH and > Charlottesville, VA > [email protected] > Website: WWW.QuakerMeetings.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carl J. Denbow > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 11:51 PM > To: Quaker-Roots > Subject: [Q-R] Monthly Meetings in Northern Maryland and Nearby Areas of > Pennsylvania > > * * * > > Also, there was a meeting in the Sunsbury area of Monroe County, Ohio, in > the 1830-1860 period. Does anyone know of records of this meeting? > Alice > Dana Adams, in her book "The Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery in America > 1808-1831," says that the anti-slavery society meeting at the Sunsbury > meeting house in Monroe County, Ohio, was extremely radical in both its > published addresses and its constitution. If these records exists (Adams > quotes from them), then I would think other records of the meeting itself > would also exist. > > Thanks for any help you can give me. > > Carl > > ==================================================================== > Carl J. Denbow > 17 Coventry Lane > Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 > > (740)592-2133 (h) > (740)593-2204 (o) > (740)591-8471 (c) > > [email protected] > www.denbow.org > www.78ohio.org > > PaternalLines: DENBOW, EMMONS, GIGAX/GYGAX, HALDEMAN, HANLEY, > ROSE, SHARP,SMITH, STEVENS, TENNER/TANNER, TIPTON, THOMPSON, WILLIAMS. > MaternalLines: BJORNSON in U.S. (No surnames before 1870 in Old Country, > traditional Icelandic naming system used.) > ==================================================================== > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >