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)
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: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. 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. It 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.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. 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 6 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 (approx. 3.2 miles away); Yadkinville (approx. 3.2 miles away); Daniel Boone's Trail
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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)
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012
5. Deep Creek Friends Meeting
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012
6. Deep Creek Friends Cemetery
Across from church. Very old, very well tended gravestones.
Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 17, 2012
7. Deep Creek Friends Meeting sign
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 1,831 times since then and 104 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.
