An American Family History

New Garden Monthly Meeting
Guilford County, North Carolina

New Garden Monthly Meeting established in 1754. They brought the name with them from the New Garden Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

. . .25th of the 5 mo. 1754. Friends at New Garden requested this meeting to Grant them the privilege of holding a Monthly Meeting amongst them by Reason of the hardship they underwent in Attending the monthly meeting at Cane Creek;

And it appeared to this meeting that there is Near or Quite Forty Families of Friends seated in them parts; In consideration of which, this meeting thought propper to grant them there request.

The New Garden meeting disowned the members of their society who participated in the 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House. The friends took care of the wounded.

Early Members
Armfield, William			participated in Battle of Guilford Court House
Beals, Thomas
Beeson, Benjamin and Elizabeth Hunter
Beeson, Richard and Charity Grubb
Beeson, William and Mary Mills
Britain, Benjamin
Brown, James
Coffin, Elijah
Coffin, William
Cook, Abraham
Cox, Isaac and wife
Dicks, Nathan
Dicks, Peter and family
Dicks, Zacharias
Dillon, Daniel and Lydia Hobson
Edwards, Hanuel
Harrold, Richard and Mary Pitts
Hodgson, George
Hodgson, Robert
Hoggatt, Anthony and wife
Hoggatt, Joseph
Hunt, Eleazar
Hunt, Nathan
Hunt, William
Hyatt, George			or Hiatt
Knight, Abel
Knight, Thomas and Elizabeth Pitts
Mendenhall, Mordecai
Mills, George			joined the Regulators in 1769 and was disowned
Mills, Henry
Mills, Hur
Mills, John
Mills, Thomas
Norton, William			joined the Regulators in 1767 and was disowned
Pearson, Samuel and family
Pidgeon, Isaac
Reece, William
Rudduck, Benjamin
Rudduck, John
Smith, William and family
Thornbrugh, Thomas
Unthank, Joseph and family
Vestal, Thomas
Williams, Richard			died of smallpox after Battle of Guilford court house
Wright, John			disowned for taking arms

Guilford County, North Carolina was organized in 1771 from parts of Rowan and Orange Counties.

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An American Family History

New Garden Monthly Meeting Guilford County, North Carolina

New Garden Monthly Meeting
Guilford County, North Carolina