Bush River Quaker Meeting

Bush River Quaker Meeting is a South Carolina historical marker in Newberry, Newberry County, dedicated 1966.

Newberry County · dedicated 1966 · Dennis Dairy Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 36-66), 1.2 mi. SW of its intersection with Mendenhall Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 36-273), S of Newberry, Newberry

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This old cemetery marks the site of the Bush River Meeting House. Settled by Quakers in the 1760's, it was a Monthly Meeting 1770-1822 and a Quarterly Meeting with jurisdiction over all meetings in South Carolina and Georgia from 1791 to 1808. Opposing slavery, the members moved west and settled Quaker meetings in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

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Bush River Quaker Meeting

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