Moravian Lives

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      After the death of Waldo, the titles to their
farms were disputed, and they were compelled to purchase
them again. Therefore eight families, among them our
father, indignant at the treatment they received, and dis-
satisfied with the climate, determined to abandon the set-
tlement and seek a more desirable place of residence.
Under the direction of Brother Soelle they emigrated to North
Carolina in 1770. They came by water and were shipwrecked
on the coast of Virginia. On the voyage our grandmother
was taken sick with fever and died soon after they landed.
She was buried at Cross Creek, now Fayetteville. Although
her death was a peaceful and happy one, it was a sore be-
reavement to her husband, and his children were still young,
one an infant born during the voyage.
      The remainder of the company arrived arrived in safety at
their destination, the Moravian settlement of Wachovia, in
Stokes, now Forsyth County.
      As the brethren there had not been apprized of
their intention to join them, of course no provision had
been made to recieve them. Some found a temporary home in
the oldest settlement, Bethabara, now Old Town, where some
new houses were yet unoccupied. The next year another
company came from Broad Bay and not wishing to remain in 
Salem, they resolved to commence a settlement of their own,
on the Southeast corner of the Wachovia tract, where nine lots 
of 200 acres each, were sold to them, 30 acres in the centre
being reserved for a church and school purposes. In 1771
nine houses were finished and occupied, and the settlement
received the beautiful name of Friedland (land of peace). It
was about six miles from Salem. They soon built a church
which was consecrated on February 18th., 1775, Reverend Tychor Nissen
being their first minister.