*The Caroline Progress* date June 7, 2000 has a front page article about the Golansville Quaker Meeting House and Cemetery site being identified and documented by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and a marker placed on the site. The ceremony was conducted at the intersection of US Rt. 1 and County Route 601 (Cedar Fork Rd.) in Caroline. "Quakers held their first meeting nearby in March 1739 together with their partner Cedar Creek Friends Meeting of Hanover County. At a 9 May 1767 meeting, members issued a call to their fellow Quakers to end slaveholding, the first such movement in Virginia. The Friends' testimony against slavery contributed to declining membership as many immigrated west to free states. The Caroline Friends continuedutcheson Davis of "Tidewater Virginia Families' to use their meeting house and burying ground until 1853. They then joined Cedar Creek and ultimately became Richmond Friends Meeting...." Anyone wanting information about The Golansville Meeting House and Cemetery Preservation Trust can contact Fay Wade at faywade@aol.com or Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis of "Tidewater Virginia Families" magazine at 757.220.4888. peg