Record #:

34552

Author(s):

Fries, Adelaide L.

Abstract:

In 1753, the Moravian Brethren purchased 100,000 acres of land in North Carolina for Church settlement. Members could buy a 2,000 acre lot in one of the land tracts and settle the area; the entire community became known as Wachovia. The contracts for each lot are preserved in German archives. A map of the tracts is included in the article with additional information on the owners through 1767.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 9 Issue 4, April 1910, p199-214

Subject(s):

Moravians--History; Germans--North Carolina--Immigration