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Patricia,
"The Old Quaker Church" and "Cemetery" is on Fort Avenue, on Fort Hill across the street from the Fort Hill Shopping Center. They were named Virginia Historic Landmarks and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
It's my understanding from my local historian friend whom lives nearby, that in years goneby this was the dividing line between Campbell and Bedford Counties. The Quaker Meeting House on one side of the road in Lynchburg, Campbell Co. and across the road as Bedford Co.
Respectfully, here are thousands of Irish Quakers in Virginia and they live in Campbell County, with a few exceptions scattered about, of course. So, your Hinshaw's Quaker Encyclopedia is correct in listing "those people." If a woman of a different religious denomination married a male Quaker (that ca.) in the "Old Dominion," you can bet her father or other living male relative was going to witness this civil bond with his own eyes, with rifle in hand if need be. The Commonwealth of Virginia is among the most puritan, civil states in the Union.
I am listing a website for you detailing the history of the Quaker Meeting House first known as the South River Meeting House. Also, there is brief mention of the Civil War and why many families were moving out of Campbell County, which will answer your question on another genforum page.
church history:
http://qmpc.org.contents/downloads.shtml
after the page has loaded, click on: South River Meeting House.
Also, on this website is a contact add'y and phone number. Most likely, Eliza Witt Duffy is buried in this cemetery.
Regards, Sue
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