Josiah Parker Papers

Arba is a meeting located in Greenfork Township, Randolph County, Indiana. Worship began there in 1815. A preparative meeting was set up under New Garden Monthly Meeting in 1819.

Barnesville, Ohio is the location of Stillwater Monthly Meeting in Belmont County. A preparative meeting was established in 1805. A monthly meeting was set up in 1808.

Blue River is a meeting in Washington County, Indiana. It was established as a preparative meeting in 1814 and as a monthly meeting in 1815.

Bryan’s Crossroads was a village in Northampton County, North Carolina.

Charles City County, Virginia is southeast of Richmond.

Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting was located in Washington Township, Randolph County, Indiana. Worship began in 1817. A preparative meeting and a monthly meeting were established in 1820.

Chester Monthly Meeting was located in Wayne Township, Wayne County, Indiana. Worship was held as early as 1813. A preparative meeting was set up in 1818, and a monthly meeting was established in 1823.

Contentnea is a quarterly meeting of Friends in Wayne County, North Carolina. It was established in 1788.

Dickhomany was Parker land in Northampton County, North Carolina.

Driftwood was a meeting in Bartholomew County, Indiana. A preparative meeting was established in 1817. A monthly meeting was established in 1820.

Duck Creek Monthly Meeting is now known as Greensboro Monthly Meeting and is located in Greensboro, Henry County, Indiana. It was the monthly meeting with oversight of the Walnut Ridge Meeting before 1836. Worship began at Duck Creek in 1823. A preparative meeting was set up in 1824. A monthly meeting was granted in 1826.

Elizabeth City is the county seat of Pasquotank County, North Carolina.

Elkhorn--See Orange.

Guilford is a county in central North Carolina.

Hanover, Massachusetts

Hartford--See West Hartford.

Hills Store was a village in Northampton County, North Carolina.

Hopewell Meeting is located in Dudley Township, Henry County, Indiana. A preparative meeting was set up in 1826. A monthly meeting was established in 1841.

Jack Swamp was a monthly meeting in Northampton County, North Carolina. A meeting for worship was established there in 1774. A monthly meeting existed there from 1794 until 1812.

Jamestown, North Carolina is a town in Guilford County. The Meeting for Sufferings of North Carolina Yearly Meeting met there for a time.

Loudon County, Virginia is the location of Goose Creek and Fairfax Monthly Meetings of Friends. It is northwest of Washington, D. C.

Lynn, Massachusetts is in Essex County. A monthly meeting was established there in 1677.

Miami Monthly Meeting--See Waynesville, Ohio.

Milford Meeting--See Milton, Indiana.

Milton, Indiana is a town in Wayne County. A meeting, called Milford, was organized near the town in 1821. Milford Monthly Meeting was established in 1823.

Mount Pleasant, Ohio is in Jefferson County. It was the location of Short Creek Meeting, and later Mount Pleasant Meeting. Short Creek was set up in 1801 as a preparative meeting and in 1804 as a monthly meeting. Mount Pleasant was organized as a preparative meeting under Short Creek in 1817.

Murpheesborough is a village in Northampton County, North Carolina.

Newport, Indiana is now known as Fountain City. It is located in New Garden Township, Wayne County. Friends worship began there in 1829. A preparative was set up in 1833 under New Garden Monthly Meeting.

New Garden Monthly Meeting is located near Greensboro in Guilford County, North Carolina. The monthly meeting was established in 1754. New Garden Monthly Meeeting is located south of Fountain City (formerly Newport) in New Garden Township, Wayne County, Indiana. Worship was first held in 1811. A preparative meeting was organized in 1814, and a monthly meeting was organized in 1815.

Oblong Monthly Meeting was located in Duchess County, New York. A preparative meeting was established in 1742, and the monthly meeting was established in 1744.

Orange was a meeting of Friends in Boston Township, Wayne County, Indiana. Meetings were first held in 1814. It was organized as a preparative meeting in 1819 under Whitewater Monthly Meeting.

Pasquotank is a county in eastern North Carolina. A monthly meeting, later called Symons Creek, was established there in 1677.

Purchase Monthly Meeting was located in Westchester County, New York. A preparative meeting was established in 1716, and a monthly meeting was established in 1725.

Raysville is a town in Wayne Township, Henry County. Friends worship began there in 1841.

Rich Square Monthly Meeting was located in Northampton County, North Carolina. It was established in 1760, though meetings for worship were held as early as 1753.

Rich Square Monthly Meeting was located in Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana. A preparative meeting was set up in 1835.

Ripley Post Office was located in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana, near Walnut Ridge Meeting.

St. Clairsville is a town in Belmont County, Ohio.

Salem, Indiana is the seat of Washington County.

Salisbury was the original seat of Wayne County, Indiana.

Sand Creek is a monthly meeting in Bartholomew County, Indiana, near Elizabethtown. A preparative meeting was established there in 1824 under Driftwood Monthly Meeting.

Silver Creek was a meeting in Union County, Indiana. Worship services were first held in 1809. A preparative was organized in 1814, and a monthly meeting followed in 1817. The monthly meeting was moved to Salem in 1834 and services were discontinued about 1850.

Smithfield, Ohio is in Jefferson County. A preparative meeting was organized there in 1802, and a monthly meeting was established in 1808.

Spiceland is a town in Spiceland Township, Henry County, Indiana. It was largely settled by Quakers and remains a heavily Quaker town today. Friends worship began in 1824. A monthly meeting was established in 1833.

Springboro, Ohio is a town in Warren County. A preparative meeting was organized there in 1818. A monthly meeting was organized in 1824.

Springfield Monthly Meeting is located near High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. A meeting for worship was organized there in 1773. A preparative meeting was set up in 1780, and a monthly meeting was set up in 1790.

Springfield Monthly Meeting was located at Economy in Perry Township, Wayne County, Indiana. Worship was first held in 1815. A preparative was organized in 1817, and a monthly meeting was established in 1820.

Stillwater Monthly Meeting--See Barnesville, Ohio.

Uriah (?) Swamp is located in Northampton County, North Carolina.

Walnut Ridge is a meeting of Friends located in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana. A preparative meeting was organized in 1827 under Duck Creek Monthly Meeting. A monthly meeting was established in 1836.

Waynesville, Ohio is in Warren County. It is the site of Miami Monthly Meeting.

West Hartford was a meeting in Hartford County, Connecticut. A preparative meeting was set up in 1800. A monthly meeting existed from 1805 until 1819.

West Liberty was a village in Henry County, Indiana. Western Quarterly Meeting was located in Virginia, including the meetings near Lynchburg. It was established in 1797 and discontinued in 1817.

Whitewater was a meeting of Friends near Richmond in Wayne County, Indiana. Worship was first held in 1807, and a preparative was set up in 1809. A monthly meeting followed the same year. This was the location of the Indiana Yearly Meeting House after the Yearly Meeting was organized in 1821. Whitewater Monthly Meeting continues as First Friends Meeting today.

Zanesville, Ohio is located in Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Places Listed by William Parker on His 1828 Trip to the North

Petersburg is a city in Virginia south of Richmond.

Richmond is the capital of Virginia.

Harriet City is unclear.

Checkahemany Swamp is unclear.

Hanover County is north of Richmond.

Monhey River is unclear.

Caroline is a county in Virginia north of Richmond.

Bowling Green is town in Caroline County.

Fredericksburg is a city in Virginia north of Richmond.

Spotsylvania County is located north of Richmond in Virginia.

Rappahannock River is located between Richmond, Virginia and Washington, D. C.

Falmouth is located north of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Stafford County is in Virginia south of Washington, D. C.

Farquier County is in Virginia west of Washington, D. C.

Warrenton is a town in Farquier County, Virginia.

Salem Federick [sic] Millwood is a town in Clarke County, Virginia.

Winchester is a town in Frederick County, Virginia.

Newtown Hampshire County is located in eastern West Virginia.

Big Cacapon River and Little Cacapon River are located in eastern West Virginia.

North River is probably a reference to the North Branch of the Potomac River.

Potomac River forms the boundary between West Virginia and Maryland.

Allegheny County is located in western Maryland.

Cumberland is a city in western Maryland in Allegheny County.

Frostburg is a town in Allegheny County, Maryland.

Petersburg is a town in Pennsylvania.

Smithfield is a town in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

Fayette County is located in western Pennsylvania.

Laurel Hill is in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Monroe Uniontown is the county seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Brownsville is located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Bridgeport Monongahela River is located in western Pennsylvania.

Washington County is located in western Pennsylvania.

Centerville is a town in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Beallsville is a town in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Hillsborough Washington is a town in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Claysville is a town in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

West Alexander is a town in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Ohio County, Virginia is now in West Virginia.