Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts & Archives
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Chris Harter
13 March 1997
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 Folder
COLLECTION DATES: 1843-1846
PROVENANCE: Willard Heiss, 8 November 1972
RESTRICTIONS: None
COPYRIGHT: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: M 52, Society of Friends, Deer Creek Monthly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends Minute Books; F 490, Society of Friends, Deer Creek Anti-Slavery Friends Records
See card catalog under heading: Society of Friends
ACCESSION NUMBER: 1972.1111
NOTES:
The Society of Friends (Quakers) are a Christian sect with roots in England dating to the 1640's. Until the late 19th Century, their beliefs were distinctive from other Christian groups in a number of ways: their repudiation of pastoral ministry, their plain style of living, advocacy of women's equality, and their belief in the "Inward Light."
In the early 1800's, a large number of Quakers migrated from Virginia and North Carolina to Ohio and Indiana. The dispute over the question of slavery resulted in a separation among Indiana Friends beginning in 1842-1843. On February 7, 1843, an Indiana Yearly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends was established in Newport, Indiana (Wayne Co.), and some Anti-Slavery Friends established local monthly meetings. By 1857, the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends was discontinued, and most members rejoined the Orthodox body.
The Deer Creek Anti-Slavery Friends began monthly meetings, located approximately four miles south of Marion, Indiana (Grant Co.), on February 25, 1843 for those "residing within the limits of Mississinewa and Back Creek." The meetings were discontinued in 1857.
For biographical information on those persons mentioned within this collection, see: Grant County, Indiana. Index of Names of Persons and of Firms. Vol. 1 & 2. (F532.G7 A2 1940).
Sources: Materials in the collection.
Edgerton, Walter. History of the Separation in Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends. p. 60-66.
The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. p. 1276.
Hinshaw, Gregory P. Indiana Friends Heritage, 1821-1996. p. 3-4, 137.
This collection consists of six typewritten pages of notes from the Deer Creek Monthly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends women's minute books (1843-1846). They begin with a quotation from the men's minute books (1843-1855) concerning the establishment of the Deer Creek Anti-Slavery Friends. The notes mention marriages, disownments, and activities of the Friends.
The following persons are listed as charter members according to the notes: Rachel Allen, Lydia Baldwin, Elizabeth Ballinger, Gincy Ballinger, Milly Bogue, Gulia Coggeshall, Rachel Coppic, Mary Ann Davis, Rebecca Davis, Sarah Davis, Sarah Harris, Mary Harris, Mary Hollingsworth, Maris Howell, Lydia Jackson, Ann Jones, Elizabeth McCrackin, Elizabeth Macy, Hannah Macy, Jonathan Macy, Elizabeth Morris, Mary Moorman, Maris Neal, Jane Pearson, George Shugart, John Shugart, Mary Shugart, Sarah Shugart, Elizabeth Small, Jane Small, Rachel Thomas.
MAIN ENTRY: Deer Creek Monthly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends (Grant County, Ind.)
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Deer Creek Monthly Meeting of Anti-Slavery Friends (Grant County, Ind.)
Society of Friends--Indiana--Grant County
Church records and registers--Indiana--Grant County
Grant County (Ind.)--Church history--Sources
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