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! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick County Historical Society > http://www.patcovahistory.org/ > > > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick County Heritage Book Volumes 1 & 2 > http://www.myvirginiaheritage.com/heritage_books/patrick_county2.htm > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com