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

Cane Creek Friends Meeting Since 1751 / Abigail Overman Pike 1709 - 1781

Cane Creek Friends Meeting Since 1751 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

1. Cane Creek Friends Meeting Since 1751 Marker

This marker is located on the east side of the meeting house.

Inscription. Side 1: Cane Creek Friends Meeting Since 1751 The first Cane Creek Meetinghouse stood about two miles east on land belonging to John Stanfield. The first of four meetinghouses on this site was built in 1764 on land given by William Marshall. The third meetinghouse was destroyed by fire in 1879 and the fourth in January 1942. Ten months later the present building was completed and services were once again held on this site. Cane Creek has accomplished much through the years. Sylvan Academy was established in 1866, a part time minister was hired in 1918 and in 1941 Elbert Newlin was hired as the first full time minister. The first parsonage was built in 1947 on land donated by Pearl Griffin. The present parsonage was built in 1990 on land donated by David Carter. Strength from our past, faith in the future.

Side 2: Abigail Overman Pike
1709 - 1781 A charter member of the Cane Creek Meeting and a recorded Quaker minister, she lived her Christian faith as she practice her Quaker beliefs. The Pike home stood about two miles west. She and Rachel Wright were part of a delegation that traveled on horseback to Perquimans County to request the Quarterly Meeting’s permission to establish a Monthly Meeting at Cane Creek. She traveled extensively to promote the growth

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of other Quaker Meetings and to represent Cane Creek at various meetings. Cane Creek relied on her judgment in many areas of the Meeting. She and John Pike married in 1731 and had 8 children. After John’s death in 1774, she moved from the area and joined New Garden Meeting. She is buried at Muddy Creek burial ground. This marker made possible by the efforts of Cane Creek Quaker Men and Friends.

Erected 2001 by Cane Creek Quaker Men and Friends.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Women. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1942.

Location. 35° 53.382′ N, 79° 26.721′ W. Marker is in Snow Camp, North Carolina, in Alamance County. Marker can be reached from West Greensboro Chapel Hill Road just north of Sylvan School Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Snow Camp NC 27349, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

Abigail Overman Pike 1709 - 1781 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

2. Abigail Overman Pike 1709 - 1781 Marker

(approx. 0.7 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.

Cane Creek Memorial Garden on east side of current Meeting House image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

3. Cane Creek Memorial Garden on east side of current Meeting House

Marker and 4th Meeting House Cornerstone (see picture below) can be seen in photo.

Cane Creek Friends Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

4. Cane Creek Friends Church and Marker

Cane Creek Meeting image. Click for full size.

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5. Cane Creek Meeting

Marble Marker to Left of the Main Doors

Photographed By Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

6. Cane Creek Meeting

Marble Marker to Right of the Main Doors
Cane Creek Meeting House Burnt. 1 Mo. 6. 1879. The First Monthly Mtg was Held by Women Friends 10 Mo. 7. 1751.
This Mtg. Appointed Reprs to Attend Quartly Mtg. in Perquimans Co. N.C.

Cornerstone of 4th Cane Creek Meeting House image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

7. Cornerstone of 4th Cane Creek Meeting House

Cane Creek Meeting - Memorial Garden Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

8. Cane Creek Meeting - Memorial Garden Marker

Cane Creek Meeting Interior image. Click for full size.

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9. Cane Creek Meeting Interior

Cemetery at Cane Creek Meeting image. Click for full size.

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10. Cemetery at Cane Creek Meeting

Simon Dixon Marker image. Click for full size.

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11. Simon Dixon Marker

In Memory of
Simon Dixon
Born in Pennsylvania, 1728
Pioneer settler who bought these lands from the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina, 1751
Built Dixon's Mill, 1753
Died April 1781
and of his wife
Elizabeth Allen Dixon
Born in Pennsylvania, 1728
Died 1793
Both were charter members of Cane Creek Meeting Organized 1751

Photographed By Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

12. Simon Dixon Marker

Note the Sons of the American Revolution Emblem to the left of the inscription.

William Marshall Marker image. Click for full size.

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13. William Marshall Marker

William Marshall
Born 1724 - Died 1803
Married 1746 to Rebecca Dixon,
Born 1732 - Died 1803.
Came to Cane Creek 1754
Gave 26 Aces of Land to Cane Creek Meeting. They Lived Across the Creek West of the Meeting House. Ancestors of th Marshall Family of N.C. and of the West.
Erected 1930

Photographed By Patrick G. Jordan, May 1, 2010

14. William Marshall Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 14, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,811 times since then and 105 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 9, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on May 8, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. submitted on May 10, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.