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Organization name Bush River Friends meeting
Date founded 1765
Org type Local meeting
Bio notes The South Carolinian area of Bush River was settled by Quakers in the 1760s, served as a Monthly Meeting from 1770-1822, and even functioned as host of a Quarterly Meeting of Friends for all South Carolina and Georgia Quakers from 1791 to 1808. Opposed to slavery, its members eventually moved west to Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
See also North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends
Citations http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=13288

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