Cain Church IL288
CAIN CHURCH

Society of Friends (Quakers) built the Cain church in 1871 as their meetinghouse and has since been used by several denominations. It was originally located southwest of Harrisburg in section 20.

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William Penn MD37
Visited his Quaker friend William Richardson near this spot after the conference at Col. Thomas Tailler's December 13, 1682. Lord Baltimore and the members of his council accompanied him to this place.

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William Penn MD36
Attended a Meeting of the Friends (Quakers) at Thomas Hooker's December 1682 on this tract called "Brownton" (Patented in 1652 for 660 acres). Penn sailed form here across the bay to the Choptank River to a general meeting of the Friends.

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Overlooking West River MD35

Overlooking West River

Cedar Park

Patented to Richard Ewen in 1666 as "Even upon Ewenton," brick house built C. 1697 by Richard Galloway II around earlier frame structure possibly dating back to 1656, known as "West River Farm" in 18th century. Home and burial place of John Francis Mercer, 10th Governor of Maryland (1801 - 1803.)

Tulip Hill

Patented 1659 to Richard Talbott as "Poplar Knowle," brick house build C. 1758by Samuel Calloway, Quaker merchant. George Washington recorded visits there Sept. 22 and 30, 1771, traveling to and from the races at Annapolis.

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Holly Hill MD34
Surveyed, 1663, as Holland's Hills for Francis Holland; bought, 1665, by Richard Harrison, Quaker planter and shipowner, who owned about 6,000 acres. The house, built in three stages between 1665 and 1733 by Richard Harrison and his son Samuel, is one of the largest and best preserved of its period in Maryland.

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Old Quaker Burying Ground 1872 MD33
Here April, 1672, George Fox, founder of Quakerism, opened the First General Meeting of  Friends in Maryland, marking the beginning of West River Yearly Meeting and its successor, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends. Site of West River Quaker Meeting House.

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Confederate Defenses C21
Here, while the Confederate army camped at Centreville, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston built strong fortifications in the winter of 1861-1862. In Feb. 1862, President Jefferson Davis ordered Johnston to evacuate them and move his army closer to Richmond, the Confederate capital. Outnumbered by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac, Johnston complied. On 10 March, McClellan found Quaker cannon, logs painted black, in the abandoned trenches to deceive his scouts. McClellan, believing that he was outnumbered, already had planned to attack Richmond from the east instead of the north, via the Peninsula between the James and York Rivers.

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James Pleasants SA17
James Pleasants was born on 24 Oct. 1769 at his home, Contention, located two miles south. A Quaker, Pleasants served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1796 to 1810, and in 1803 was elected its clerk. He sat in the United States House of Representatives from 1811 to 1819, and in the Senate from 1819 to 1822. First elected governor of Virginia by the General Assembly in 1822, he served two consecutive terms until 1825. He last held office in 1829-1830 as a member of the State Constitutional Convention. He died on 9 Nov. 1836, in Goochland County, esteemed for his public service and private virtues.

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Chestnut Hill K146
Nearby stood Chestnut Hill, the home of Charles Lynch, Sr. He was the father of John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg, and of Charles Lynch, Jr., a Revolutionary officer. Charles Lynch, Sr., died in 1753 and is believed to be buried at Chestnut Hill. The wooden house was later owned by Judge Edmond Winston and then by Henry Langhorne, during whose occupancy it burned. Members of the Lynch family were among the first Quaker settlers in the area.

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Gravelly Run Quaker Meeting House S42
Quakers began settling the region by the end of the 17th century. Named for nearby Gravelly Run stream, the meetinghouse was built by 1767. It became the religious center for the Quakers in Dinwiddie and surrounding counties. In the early 1800s the yearly meeting for the Upper Monthly Meeting was frequently held at Gravelly Run. Membership began to decline then because the Quakers refused to bear arms and opposed slavery. As a result, several members moved to Ohio, Tennessee, and Indiana, and the meetinghouse was abandoned in the 1830s.

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