CANDLER QUAKER RECORDS ~ ©1999 compiled by Ed Marsh (updated Feb 2001)

Today, one can visit the Quaker Meeting-House which stands beside the Old Quaker Cemetery on the grounds of Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Some references to the Candlers in the records of South River Meeting proper are misleading, such as:

1759, 8, 18. Daniel [Chandler's] name first appeared when he served on committee;

1763, 8, 20. William received by request;

1758, 7, 15. John [Chandler] received by request.

Taken at face value these references seem to imply no earlier membership in the Society, but this is clearly incorrect.

FROM: WADE HINSHAW, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy: Vol. 6, (Virginia)

All RED comments are the compiler's -- Ed C. Marsh -- ECM

All BLACK brackets [...] and parentheses (...) comments from Hinshaw)]

[p.227] RECORDS Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting

1755, 4, 12. Robert & William, Bedford Co., request requests requested to come under care (of mtg) of this monthly

meeting; received by request 5th mo 10

1755, 5, 10. William granted certificate to Cane Creek monthly meeting, N. C.

1755, 12, 13. Elennor [Canler] taken under care (of mtg) of women's monthly meeting

1756, 2, 12. Daniel taken under care (of mtg) of Frs

1756, 5, 8. Elennor granted certificate to Cane Creek & New Garden

1756, 6, 12. William granted certificate to New Garden monthly meeting, N. C.

page 348 GOOSE CREEK MONTHLY MEETING Bedford County, Virginia

Prior to the establishment of the South River Monthly Meeting in 1757, Friends had pushed westward from the older meetings in Tidewater Virginia and southward down through the northern part of the state until they reached the mountain barriers in extreme western Bedford County. There they reached the mountain barriers in extreme western Bedford County. There the more daring spirits had gone through the passes to claim the fertile river bottoms of the Roanoke. But with the opening of the French and Indian Wars and the panic of 1755-1756, the settlers poured back through the gorges fleeing before the Indians for their very lives. In one week it is said that more than 300 inhabitants of "the up country" and the extreme western part of the county poured through Bedford City. It was of this settlement of Friends that the yearly meeting was speaking in its letter to London the year of 1758; "Some of our friends have removed from their habitations on the frontiers, many of them having for some time past appeared to the outward eye to be in imminent danger, though none as yet have been murdered by the enemy; this ought to fill [p.348] our hearts with sincere gratitude to God". Many of these refugees, Quakers and others, spread southward to the Carolinas and Georgia, others bided their time in Bedford County waiting for the war to cease and the ban on the western country to be removed that they might reclaim their former homesteads. By the records of South River Monthly Meeting we learn that it was 1760 before the abandoned Goose Creek Meeting resumed its activities "upon their (Friends) return to their former settlements". William Chandler was the first overseer of this frontier meeting.

[p.347] GOOSE CREEK MONTHLY MEETING Bedford County, Virginia

So strong and active were these two meetings on Goose Creek (Upper and Lower Meetings) that in August 1794 they were permitted to establish a monthly meeting of their own under the name of Goose Creek Monthly Meeting. The meetings in old Bedford County thus broke off from South River Monthly Meeting which held its sessions some thirty muddy miles away in the newly formed Campbell County. Goose Creek Meeting (sometimes known as "Lower Meeting" and for a short time as "Bedford Meeting") is described in the records as being on "the north side of the Creek". A deed places it on the land of Elijah Turner and John Lewis on Difficult Creek, a small branch of Goose Creek. Stephen Weeks, Quaker historian, mentions only one particular meeting in Bedford of this name and places it "ten miles SE of Bedford City" - he must have had this Lower Meeting in mind.

[p.295] RECORDS South River Monthly Meeting

1757, 10, 15. William chosen clerk in the newly formed monthly meeting for South River

1758, 6, 17. John [Chandler] request requests requested membership

1758, 7, 15. Elizabeth (nee Candler) Caffrey received by request

1758, 7, 15. John [Chandler] received by request

1758, 7, 15. William [Chandler] resigned as clerk; Charles Lynch appointed to fill his place

1759, 7, 21. William Johnson resigned as overseer; William Chandler co in his stead

1759, 8, 18. Daniel [Chandler's] name first appeared when he served on committee

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1760, 1, 19. Daniel [Chandler] co at South River in room of Wm. Chandler who remove removed to Goose Creek

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1760, 1, 19. William [Chandler] moved to Goose Creek where Frs "upon their return to their former settlements request

(Note by D.S.B.) The Goose Creek settlement had been abandoned on account of Indian trouble requests requested to have a meeting settled among them; granted & sd Wm. co

1760, 10, 17. Daniel [Chandler], Boling Clark & William Johnson prominent in the affairs of this monthly meeting

1760, 12, 20. William [Chandler] granted permission to travel with Susanna Hatton, Phebe Trimble & Thomas Lightfoot

1760, 12, 21. Charles [Kneel] & Wm. Chandler visited Goose Creek Mtg to inquire why they do not appear at monthly meeting

1761, 2, 18. John & William [Chandler] & Charles Lynch chosen trustees

1761, 7, 18. Eleanor [Chandler] condemned her misconduct in accompanying her brother, Wm., in his disorderly marry

1761, 8, 15. William [Chandler] disowned marry by a priest

1762, 6, 19. Boling Clark & Edward Clark, Daniel Candler & Charles Neal appointed overseers of the poor

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1762, 8, 21. Benjamin Johnson & John Chandler employed [p.320] to put up an addition to South River meeting-house; first time Benj. Johnson's name appeared in these minutes; the next mo they were continued on same project

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1763, 8, 20. Eleanor [Chandler] reported married to Byron Ballard

1763, 8, 20. William received by request

1763, 9, 17. William by way of request requests requested informed this meeting that he was under an apprehension of being denied the affirmation in proving his account in Augusta as being supposed not a member of our Society; he was granted certificate suitable for him

1764, 3, 17. Charles Johnson resigned as clerk of monthly meeting; William Chandler appointed

1764, 8, 18. William complained Robert Brookes; matter settled by monthly meeting

1764, 10, 20. Elizabeth (nee Anthony) received by request

1766, 11, 15. A committee appointed to settle the mtg's business with William

1767, 1, 17. John condemned misconduct & accept

1767, 3, 21. John disowned

1772, 4, 18. Anna (former Moorman) wife of Zedekiah Candler disowned married out of unity; paper handed by women's meeting to men's meeting

1774, 10, 15. Eleanor (nee Candler) Ballard granted certificate to Cedar Creek monthly meeting, Va. (remove removed)

1774, 12, 17. Byrom & Eleanor (nee Candler) Ballard &) family granted certificate to the circular monthly meeting

(Note by D.S.B.) The Circular or Cedar Creek monthly meeting, Va.

1782, 1, 2. Douglass (Irby) & Hannah Candler, daughter John. Archelous Moon, Surety. Married by Jno. W. Holt, Jan. 3, 1782

1782, 4, 20. John (Sr.) reinstate reinstated

1782, 5, 10. James (son of John, Sr.) received by request

1782, 7, 20. Elizabeth [Candler, maybe John, Sr.'s wife Elizabeth (Gibson) Candler, maybe William's wife Elizabeth (Anthony) Candler] warned she will be disowned unless she submit and live agreeable to the rules & good order used

1782, 7, 20. John,Sr. request requests requested that his son, John & Henry, be received recommended under care (of mtg) of Frs

1782, 8, 16. Elizabeth [probably Elizabeth (Anthony) Candler who moved to GA] discontinued having remove removed from amongst Frs

1782, 8, 16. William [probably William Candler (1736-1784) Candler who moved to GA] discontinued having remove removed from amongst Frs

1782, 9, 20. John Jr., son John, received by request (17 1/2 years old)

1784, 8, 21. Byrum (Ballard) & wife Eleanor (nee Candler) Ballard & child, Marah, Elizabeth, William Amos Mourning & Judith, received on certificate from Cedar Creek, dated 1784, 7, 10 (he was an elder & she a minister)

1785, 12, 17. James (son of John) granted certificate to Cedar Creek monthly meeting, Va., to marry  

[p.227] RECORDS Cedar Creek MM

1786, 1, 16. James, Candler, son of John Campbell Co., son John, Campbell Co.; marry in a public meeting at James Johnson's house in Louisa Co., Agnes JOHNSON, daughter James, Louisa Co.

1786, 1, 14. James produced certificate from South River monthly meeting, Va., to marry Agnes Johnson

[Page 295] RECORDS South River MM

1786, 2, 25. James reported married to Agnes Johnson

1787, 8, 18. Eleanor (nee Candler) Ballard, Mary Embree & Charles Brooke granted permission to visit mtgs in northern Virginia & "some Northern Governments"

1787, 8, 19. Eleanor (nee Candler) Ballard mentioned as being a minister

[p.227] Cedar Creek MM

1788, 1, 23. Agness (nee Johnson) Candler granted certificate (to SRMM)

[p.295] South River MM

1788, 3, 15. Agnes received on certificate from Cedar Creek monthly meeting, dated 1788, 2, 23 & sent to men's meeting

[Virginia]

1789, 8, 6. Ambrose (Hinge) & Jane Candler, daughter Abraham, Simeon Wooldridge, Surety This may be Abraham and Jane Chandler and not a Candler at all. There was an Abraham Chandler located east of Lynchburg, no connection that I can see. The misspelling may have misled the Quaker chroniclers.

1790, 2, 8. Thomas (Robertson) & Elizabeth Candler, daughter Zebedee (prob. Zedekiah). John Taylor, Surety. Married by Nathaniel Shrewsbury, Feb. 8, 1790

1791, 1, 29. Zachariah, son Zedekiah Kandler, & Rachel Thornhill. Reuben Thornhill, Surety. Consent of Sarah Thornhill.

Married by Nathaniel Shrewsbury, Feb. 10, 1791

1791, 4, 16. Eleanor (nee Candler) Ballard, deceased, a minister, mentioned & a memorial from Goose Creek particular or preparative meeting

read at this monthly meeting

1795, 10, 12. Peter (Pelter) & Nancy Candler. Zedekiah Candler, Surety. Married by Alderson Weeks, Oct. 15, 1795

1797, 7, 8. John Jr. mentioned as having been remove removed several yrs from among Frs [John was living in Russell County, VA]

1798, 12, 8. Henry disowned bearing arms; paper read at South River Mtg

1799, 1, 12. John Jr. disowned non-attendance for several yrs & buying a slave

(From Marriage Bonds of Campbell Co., Va.)

1799, 7, 24. John Candler (Jr. son of John, c1730-1802) & Dorothy Stovall, daughter Elizabeth. Jacob Stemmons, surety

1801, 7, 27. Candler, John & Penelope Guttry. Henry Candler, surety [This is John Candler, Sr. (c1703-1802) who was marrying the mother-in-law of two of his children. Jane married James Guthrie and William married Agnes Guthrie]

1801, 8, 8. John (Sr.) disowned married contrary to discipline

1802, 9, 23. William Crowder & Mahaly Candler, daughter Zed. Grief Wright, Surety

1802, 12, 13. John (Candler, son of William, b. 1751, grandson of John, Sr.) & Phebe Boaz. James Boaz, Surety

1803, 3, 28. Samuel (Coleman) & Rachel Candler, daughter Zedekeah. Samuel Wilson, Surety. Married by John Ayers, March 31, 1803

1803, 5, 16. Grief (Wright) & Sally Candler, daughter Zedekiah. William Crowder, Surety [William Crowder was the husband of Mahaly Candler (sister of the bride)]

1803, 11, 14. Benjamin (Clement) & Polly Candler, daughter Wm. (Wm. b. 1751, grand-daughter of John, Sr.)

1805, 10, 14. Benjamin Barnard & Lucy Candler, daughter James. Daniel Candler surety.

(Note by W.W.H.) In the marriage bond the name is spelled Bernard; also so spelled in women's minutes, but it is spelled Barnard in the men's minutes. Benjamin Barnard was disowned attending military muster 1800, 4, 12. There can be no doubt of his identity. See certificate of Anna Barnard & child, Reuben, Eunice, Benjamin & William dated 1786, 12, 16

1805, 11, 11. Russell (Boaz) & Penelope Candler, daughter Wm. (grand-daughter of John, Sr.)

1806, 2, 8. Lucy (now Barnard or Barnett) disowned married contrary to discipline & married out of unity

(From Marriage Bonds of Campbell Co., Va.)

1813, 3, 15. Daniel Candler & Mildred Candler. Wm. Candler, surety [Daniel was the son of James and Agnes (Johnson) Candler, Mildred was the daughter of William and Agnes (Guthrie) Candler]

(Hinshaw)

1813, 4, 10. John Talbot attached in the hands of James Candler money due Johnson & Daniel Candler (the above listed under muster fines for this yr) (Note by D.S.B.) John Talbot was deputy sheriff of Campbell Co., Va.

[Virginia]

1813, 10, 9. Daniel (son of James) disowned married contrary to discipline (see above 1813, 3, 15)

1814, 9, 10. Johnson (son of James, Sr.) disowned entering into the military service

1815, 4, 8. James Jr. (son of James, Sr.) under care (of mtg) for acting in the military service

1815, 9, 9. James Jr. (son of James, Sr.) disowned acting in the military service

1817, 8, 2. James [Candler, son of William Candler (1751-1836) grandson of John Candler (c1730-1802), great-grandson of Old Daniel] & Mary Jones. Jacob Jones, Surety

1817, 8, 13. Daniel (Candler, son of William, b. 1751, grandson of John, Sr.) & Martha King, daughter William

1817, 12, 31. Agathay (nee Johnson) Candler —– died

1818, 9, 12. Elizabeth [Candler, daughter of James and Agnes, she married William A. Candler (1795-c1875), son of William Candler (1751-1836)] disowned married contrary to discipline

1822, 3, 9. John & Henry (sons of James) disowned military service & non-attendance

1826, 1, 3. James died about 70 yrs old (If this age is correct, James was born in 1756)

1830, 2, 11. John (Candler, son of James Candler, Sr.) & Francis Clark, daughter William. Robert Boaz, Surety

1838, 12, 10. Henry (Candler, son of James, Sr.) & Jane Dawson, daughter Benj. R. William Candler, Surety

1841, 2, 10. James D. [Candler, son of James Candler (c1756-1826) and Agnes Johnson, grandson of John Candler (c1730-1802, great-grandson of Daniel] & Mary A. C. Padgett. Seaton Padgett, Surety

1761, 8, 15. William [Chandler] disowned marry by a priest  Marriage of William Candler and Elizabeth Anthony, 1761, mid-May/early June

—, –, –. John & —– Marriage of John Candler and E. Gibson

Ch:

1] John born 1766, 2, 9 Candler-Stovall Bible states: Feb 9, 1765

2] Henry born 1769, 1, 22

—, –, –. James marry Agathay —– died 1817, 12, 31 (Marriage of James Candler and Agnes Johnson)

1786, 1, 16. James, Campbell Co., son John, Campbell Co.; marry in a public meeting at James Johnson's house in Louisa

Co., Agnes JOHNSON, daughter James, Louisa Co.

Ch:

1] Lucy born 1787, 2, 3

2] Daniel born 1788, 4, 17

3] Johnson born 1789, 6, 14

4] Elizabeth born 1792, 6, 6

5] James born 1794, 1, 4 (This is James D. Candler)

6] John born 1795, 7, 7

7] Henry born 1797, 4, 27

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