Snow Camp in Alamance County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Cane Creek Meeting

Photographed by Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

1. Cane Creek Meeting Marker

Inscription. First Monthly Meeting of Friends in central North Carolina, 1751. Present building is on the original site.

Erected 1992 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number G-69.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1751.

Location. 35° 53.334′ N, 79° 26.706′ W. Marker is in Snow Camp, North Carolina, in Alamance County. It is at the intersection of West Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road and Pleasant Hill Church Road on West Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 719 West Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road, Snow Camp NC 27349, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and specifically in Piedmont Triad.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cane Creek Friends Meeting / Abigail Overman Pike (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); A Memorial to British Troops Who Died in the Old Meeting House (about 400 feet away); Cane Creek Meeting House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Freedom Hill Church

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Micajah McPherson (approx. 0.6 miles away); Snow Camp (approx. 0.9 miles away); Allen House (approx. 1½ miles away); Early Railroads (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Snow Camp.

Additional keywords. Orange County, Quaker, Haw River, Eli Whitney Community, Spring Friends Meeting

Cane Creek Meetinghouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

2. Cane Creek Meetinghouse

Cane Creek Meeting Interior image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

3. Cane Creek Meeting Interior

Cane Creek Meeting Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

4. Cane Creek Meeting Cemetery

Adjacent to the Meeting House

Cane Creek Meeting Cemetery - Oldest Recorded Grave image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

5. Cane Creek Meeting Cemetery - Oldest Recorded Grave

R. Doan 1764

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 8, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,130 times since then and 89 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 8, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.