Susa; I have not been active in any of my genealogical pursuits for awhile(life has gotten in my way-cancer/moving/a new job) however, my own ancestors were very anti -slavery in the Birch Lake MM and many of my family is buried in the Birch Lake (formerly East)Cemetery which is across the road from where the meeting house stood. i do not know where their records are held and will be curious to see if anyone responds to this thread.   the family name that most jumps out of my history is East-and the East family was quite involved in the Kentucky  Raid which , I believe, was cenetred in St Joseph Cty just east of Cass Cty.   I have visited and photographed the Birch Lake  cemetery and it is quite lovely.   while this reply doesn't answer any of your questions-sorry!- i had to interject. Again, I will watch for any replies to the thread. Margo ________________________________ From: Susa Cree <scree@visgrp.com> To: QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 10:13 AM Subject: [Q-R] Quaker Record location To All, My elusive "john Cox" while seemingly a Quaker, was one of those "early to the gate", adventure types that seemed always to be the first in an area where there were only Quakers and then to move on when it became rather established.  It seems that he was involved in Land transactions.  There are Quaker settlements in all of the various locations that John Cox and his assorted relatives have settled, however; I can't seem to locate where those records might be kept.  I have searched through the two Volume set of Ohio Records, and the 6 vols of Heiss records for Indiana . all to no avail.  Various Brothers & Sisters:  Samuel, Alexander, William, Church Jr., Stewart,  Mary, Nancy, Tacey (Tacy)  COX Associated Surnames:  Fry, Below is listed the MM or Preparatory Meetings with whom this family seems to be associated :                 (Going Backward from their final destination in South Western Michigan)                                 These last  seem to be ANTI-Slavery 0.        1858                              Vandalia-Penn Cass Co. Michigan (This location is a quarter of an hour West . by horse) 1.        1840-laid down        Young's Prairie, Penn Cass Co. Michigan ( Progenitor, Elizabeth Conway Cox, buried in Young's Prairie Cemetery) 2.        1830-40                      Birch Lake, Penn Cass Co. Michigan ( not Anti-Slavery )  ( This location is a quarter of an hour East . by horse ) 3.        1829-34                      La Porte, Deer Creek, Clear Lake, Clinton, Indiana various county locations ( Anti-Slavery)  Quaker Cemetery in North La Porte (town) That is said to have 400 graves all unmarked with the exception of field stones.  There was a Meeting House at this La Porte location. 4.        1818-30                      Guernsey Co., Ohio  (Londonderry -Smyrna?)    Church Cox his cousin settled here and John was here 1920-1930 ( +-) 5.        1818-30                      Jefferson Co. Harrison and Belmont, Ohio    ( They may have stopped in any one of these counties first before settling in Guernsey Co.) 6.        1820-1778                  Cumberland-Perry-Mifflin-Juniata Co. First recorded Tax assessment in "78" 1.      This was the progression of the counties that this area was listed under.  This family was in the same Juniata area from before the Revolution but I have not been able to find the actual names of the early Quaker meetings. 7.      1778 - 1750                York, Dauphine or Chester  Some of the families could have been in these areas. 8.      1778 - ca. 1720          Philadelphia, Pa.    John could have been born here prior to family moving to Juniata, up the Susquehanna. 9.      1750 -  1650                Londonderry, Co. Antrim, Ireland 10.  Earliest                        Scotland  . or England Any help with these issues would be greatly appreciated, I realize that there are several answers to what seems to be the overriding questions: 1.        Do lists of the meetings exist? 2.        Is there a map with the locations in existence? 3.        Where are the early records kept? a.      Earlham . How to Contact? b.      Swarthmore.. How to Contact? c.      Others?  I have heard rumors . i.      ____________ ii.      ____________ iii.      ____________ iv.      ____________ Any help would be greatly appreciated .. I have about exhausted the LDS and Ancestry resources! Thank you for your time and "Good Hunting" Suza SUZA J. CREE, ASID, LEED AP BD+C Vice-President - Design Director The Vision Group Studios One Page Avenue  Suite 323  Asheville, NC  28801 *    828 252 8868 x1      *    M  828 242 5857 <http://www.visgrp.com/> http://www.visgrp.com/ <http://www.workplacetransformations.com/> http://www.workplacetransformations.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message