My 5th Ggrandfather Walter Kelly was an Irish Quaker who came to the Colonies about 1760 and helped establish the Quaker Church in South Carolina. His son James Kelly, my 4th Ggrandfather was in the Rev. War. glkelly@jscomm.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alpha Hiatt" <famalpha@yahoo.com> To: <VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [VAPATRICK] The Quaker Churches of Patrick County > If I am wrong it is because of historical text > resources I use in compiling these newsreleases. I > put a great deal of time and effort into researching > these from various sources before I release them to > keep them historically correct. > > As for your Woods, I cannot answer that question, but > do know who can. You need to e-mail > hegefhc@guilford.edu and them this question. Guilford > College houses some, but not all the Quaker records of > Patrick County. I know Friends Mission is definitely > recorded there at Guilford. This e-mail is for the > Hege Library, Friends Historical Collection. > > Thank you for your input and question. > > Alpha > > --- Carolyn Bruce <cdhbruce@cox.net> wrote: > > > Alpha, I think you're mistaken in saying that the > > Quakers were the "first > > settlers in America and settled the land near > > Philadelphia". If they came to > > America in 1783, we were already an independent > > United States, having fought > > the Revolutionary War by then. > > > > Were the UNDERWOODs, from whom I descend, part of > > the Patrick CoVA > > settlements of Quakers? > > > > Carolyn HALE BRUCE > > Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots > > and Rebel King, The Har'ships > > http://www.RebelKing.com > > Author, Virginiana, A Visitors' Guide to Virginia > > History and Other Stuff > > http://www.VirginianaBooks.com > > Available now at www.JonesArt.com: Herb Jones, > > Poet With a Paintbrush by Barbara Jones Jones > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alpha Hiatt" <famalpha@yahoo.com> > > To: <VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:01 PM > > Subject: [VAPATRICK] PCGS to Present Program on The > > Quaker Churches of > > Patrick County > > > > > > The Patrick County Genealogy Society will > > present a program on The Quaker Churches of Patrick > > County in particularly The Friends Mission and > > Burk's > > Fork Meetings on Tuesday, March 21st at 6:30 p.m. at > > The Stuart Baptist Church Fellowship Hall on Blue > > Ridge Street in Stuart across from the historic > > Patrick County Courthouse. Anthony Lowe will be the > > guest speaker. > > The Quakers, escaping religious persecution, came > > from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to > > Pennsylvania in 1783. They traveled The Great Wagon > > Road on their migration from Pennsylvania down > > through > > VA and into NC. One of the four routes the Quakers > > chose for migration, The Kanawha Road, passed > > through > > Patrick County. This led through rough mountainous > > country for most of the way. It crossed the Dan > > River, went by Patrick Court House, to Marberry's > > Gap > > in the Blue Ridge Mountains, across Clinch Mountain, > > by the way of Packs Ferry on the New River, over > > White > > Oak Mountain to the falls of the Kanawha and down > > the > > river to the Ohio crossing at Gallipolis. > > There were two Quaker Meeting Houses in Patrick > > County-Friends Mission and Burk's Fork according to > > maps. The Quakers were the first settlers in > > America > > and settled the land near Philadelphia. The Quakers > > acquired land in western Patrick County for their > > Blue > > Ridge Mission in 1888. Acting on the request of Mr. > > Hillery Epperson, the NC Yearly Meeting of the > > Friends > > purchased an empty store on the lot where Blue Ridge > > School now stands to use for Sunday School and > > meeting. In September that year, "Friends Mission" > > was opened with Miss Mary Anderson and Miss Sarah > > Marshburn as the first teachers. By 1909, 53 > > students > > were teaching and six were preaching. Friends > > Mission > > operated until about 1918 when it came under the > > control of the Presbyterian Church. It was one of > > the > > earliest schools to offer secondary education in > > Patrick County. Among Patrick County Quaker > > surnames > > are: King, Smith, Jessup, and Hiatt. > > If your ancestors were Quakers, we invite you to > > attend this meeting and learn about genealogical > > resources to help you in your family tree search. > > Bring your family trees and pictures to share with > > us > > of your Quaker ancestry. This meeting is free and > > open to everyone. For more information, please call > > 276-692-5920. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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