simon dixon, a quaker who migrated from lancaster county, pennsylvania, came to the cane creek area and what is now known as snow camp, north carolina during the late 1740s. by 1751, as many as thirty other quaker families had migrated to snow camp. during 1751, quaker minister abigail pike and rachel wright traveled to perquimans county, north carolina to attend the quarterly meeting at little river, in hopes of gaining permission to establish a new monthly meeting in cane creek. permission was granted and the first monthly meeting was held on october 7, 1751.