Chalkley Gillingham
American
Chalkley Gillingham was a notable American abolitionist. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quakers | 1881 | ||
| Delaware Valley Quakers | 1881 | ||
| Woodlawn Quaker Meeting | 1847 | 1881 |
Chalkley Gillingham was a notable American abolitionist. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quakers | 1881 | ||
| Delaware Valley Quakers | 1881 | ||
| Woodlawn Quaker Meeting | 1847 | 1881 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1807/10/19 | Chalkley Gillingham is born in Frankford, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. | Born | Frankford, Philly | ||||
| 1841/00/00 | Over a period of 6 weeks, Lucretia Mott shares Quaker testimonies in remote areas of west-central Pennsylvania during a long journey over the mountains to Centre Quarly Mg and Fishing Creek Mg, by appointment of the Yearly Mg with Chalkley Gillingham. | Vocation | |||||
| 1846/00/00 | The Troth-Gillingham Company, anti-slavery Quakers who want to show that plantations can be successful without slavery, buys the 2,000-acre Woodlawn Tract where the Woodlawn Meetinghouse and burial ground remain today. | Vocation | Woodlawn Plantation | Mt Vernon, VA | |||
| 1846/00/00 | Two Quaker families from New Jersey, Troth and Gillingham, buy the entire Woodlawn tract, including the mansion, Woodlawn Plantation and George Washington's Gristmill. | Vocation | George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill | Mt Vernon, VA | |||
| 1846/00/00 | Anti-slavery Delaware Valley Quakers, buy the entire Woodlawn tract to establish a showcase plantation can be successful without slave labor. | Vocation | Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse | Mt Vernon, VA | |||
| 1847/00/00 | Chalkley Gillingham is instrumental in forming the Burlington County Agricultural Society where he will serve as secretary. | Work | |||||
| 1847/00/00 | Troth-Gillingham Company establishes a saw mill at nearby Accotink. Over eight years, the mill will supply ships' planks to a number of shipbuilders, notably Johnson Rideout Shipyards in Bath, Maine, and Page and Allen in Portsmouth, Virginia. | Vocation | Fort Belvoir | Virginia | |||
| 1850/00/00 | Chalkley Gillingham and Kezia his wife grant for the use and benefit of the Religious Society of Friends for the purpose of a Meeting place and burial ground, or otherwise, under the direction of the Monthly Meeting of which Friends of Woodlawn may form. | Vocation | Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse | Mt Vernon, VA | |||
| 1862/00/00 | Chalkley Gillingham writes that some of the benches are destroyed by Union soldiers occupying the Woodlawn Meetinghouse. The current benches, which feature dovetails joining seat braces to the ends, likely date from after the Civil War. | Vocation | Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse | Mt Vernon, VA | |||
| 1865/05/00 | Gillingham is ordered to Norfolk to serve as foreman of a US Grand Jury to indict Jefferson Davis for treason as a co-conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. His vote against the death penalty is not sufficient to prevent an indictment. | Vocation | Lewis F Powell Jr US Courthouse | Richmond | |||
| 1881/01/22 | Chalkley Gillingham dies in Woodlawn, Fairfax County, Virginia. He is buried at the Woodlawn Friends Meeting House Cemetery. Over 100 headstones mark the birth and death dates of his family, descendants and others. | Died | Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse | Mt Vernon, VA |
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