Quaker Origins
Lynchburg was a Quaker town. Many of its founding families belonged to the South River Quaker Meeting. They provided the foundation upon which the Hill City has flourished for 250 years.
Charter Trustees of Lynchburg
Charles Brooks
Jesse Burton
John Callaway
John Clarke (or Clark)
Adam Clement
Achilles Douglass
Charles Lynch (Col. Charles Lynch, Jr.?)
William Martin
Micajah Moorman
Joseph Stratton
Names in bold were members of the South River Quaker Meeting.
“Lynchburg was the abode of many of the disciples of Fox and Penn. Passing along the streets, you would not unfrequently meet reverend looking gentlemen in curved coats and broad-brimmed hats; gentle matrons in sad colored dresses and coal-scuttle bonnets...”