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