Near Yadkinville in Yadkin County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Deep Creek Friends Meeting

Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012

1. Deep Creek Friends Meeting Marker (Front)

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Was established by the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends on March 13, 1793. It was the first Monthly Meeting in this area.

Meetings were held as early as 1783. Deep Creek helped establish Hunting Creek, Forbush, Harmony Grove, East Bend, Union Cross, Pilot View, Southview, Winthrop Meetings and many others.

Erected 1999 by Yadkin County Historical Society. (Marker Number 2.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Colonial Era. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1917.

Location. 36° 10.93′ N, 80° 39.11′ W. Marker is near Yadkinville, North Carolina, in Yadkin County. Marker is on Deep Creek Church Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yadkinville NC 27055, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Bond Schoolhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Bond School House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Second Yadkin County Jail

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(approx. 3.2 miles away); Yadkinville (approx. 3.2 miles away); Richmond Pearson (approx. 4.1 miles away); Rockford (approx. 6.1 miles away); Richmond Hill (approx. 6.3 miles away); a different marker also named Richmond Hill (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yadkinville.

Deep Creek Friends Meeting Marker (Back) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012

2. Deep Creek Friends Meeting Marker (Back)

Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012

3. Deep Creek Friends Meeting Marker (Back)

Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012

4. Deep Creek Friends Meeting Marker (Front)

Deep Creek Friends Meeting image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012

5. Deep Creek Friends Meeting

Deep Creek Friends Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012

6. Deep Creek Friends Cemetery

Across from church. Very old, very well tended gravestones.

Deep Creek Friends Meeting sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012

7. Deep Creek Friends Meeting sign

Deep Creek Friends Meeting stone sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012

8. Deep Creek Friends Meeting stone sign

Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 797 times since then and 147 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on April 19, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.