http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/04/14/non-conformists-in-north-carolina/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=non-conformists-in-north-carolina Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/04/14/non-conformists-in-north-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-8456 Gwen Gosney Erickson Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:49:41 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/04/14/non-conformists-in-north-carolina/#comment-8456 The Nicholites were settling in western Guilford County in the 1770s. They were more around Deep River (a few miles south) rather than New Garden but could explain this reference. Many in this group later joined the local Quaker meetings, especially Deep River Monthly Meeting. See historian Kenneth Carroll’s publications on early Nicholites in Maryland and North Carolina for more information.

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