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=== Religion === Campbell County's religious origin predominantly included Protestant Christianity, with denominations such as Quakerism and Presbyterianism strongly represented. Early religious adherents sought religious freedom. They migrated from many places, but most migrated from [[Colonial Williamsburg]] and surrounding areas where the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] hampered the practice of other religions.<ref>{{cite book|title=An Historical Sketch of Campbell County, Virginia|last1=Fawcett|first1=Marian|date=1963|pages=2, 4β5}}</ref> [[File:Quaker Meetinghouse Lynchburg Nov 08-1.JPG|thumb|South River Friends Quaker Meeting House]] The [[Quakers]] gained a foothold within the Campbell County area due to Sarah Clark Lynch, wife of Charles Lynch, the founder of the ferry boat service across the James River and mother of [[John Lynch (1740β1820)|John Lynch]], the founder of [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]]. Due to Sarah Lynch's influence their application for a [[meeting house]] was approved, and the [[South River Friends Meetinghouse|South River Friends Meeting House]] was built. The Quakers later migrated from the area due to disagreements with the other Campbell County populace over issues such as slavery and the American Revolution. The Quakers maintained pacifist beliefs and during the American Revolution they espoused a standpoint of neutrality and stated that warfare went against their belief system. This apparent refusal to aid their neighbors in their fight for independence greatly angered many and created a wedge between the Quakers and the Non-Quakers.<ref>{{cite book|title=An Historical Sketch of Campbell County, Virginia|last1=Fawcett|first1=Marian|date=1963|pages=4β5}}</ref> The Quakers also adamantly believed in the abolition of slavery and preached how the institution was wrong and should be disallowed. In 1817 they freed all of their slaves. These actions created additional tension with their slave-holding neighbors and caused many Quakers to leave the Campbell County area and to move West.<ref>{{cite book|title=Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time: Being in Part a Transcript of the Minute Books of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County, and the South River Meeting|date=1905|publisher=J.P. Bell Co., Pub|location=Lynchburg|page=176}}</ref> The Presbyterian religious faction mainly consisted of Scotch-Irish who originally came to America in order to gain religious freedom from the "Established Church in Ireland" and to create a better life for themselves. They originally settled in Pennsylvania, but then moved to Virginia due to [[Governor Gooch]]'s inducements to entice settlers to come to Campbell County.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> The Presbyterians and their descendants then remained in Campbell County, and others who had been with them on the trip to America soon followed after, greatly aiding in the settlement process.<ref>{{cite book|title=An Historical Sketch of Campbell County, Virginia|last1=Fawcett|first1=Marian|date=1963|page=3}}</ref>
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