This is a clipped message from another site. I thought some of you might be interested in the web address telling about a Moravian route and time and other factors.BETH X-Sender: ncgen@pop.mindspring.com >Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:18:26 -0500 >Old-To: Captbwt@aol.com >From: ncgen@mindspring.com (Elizabeth Harris) >Subject: Re: Travel Time >Old-Cc: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >>One of my ancestors came to Rowan County in the mid-18th century from >>Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I presume that he followed one of the better >>known trails, e.g., Great Wagon Road, etc. > >The Moravian records contain quite a few entries that fix the time of >travel, including at least one complete day-by-day diary of the trip. Take >a look at.............. > >http://www.erols.com/fmoran/settlers1.html > >..........which includes a description of the first party of Moravian settlers to >come to NC. They left Bethlehem PA on October 3, 1753.