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    1. Moravians
    2. LaMona Phillips
    3. The Moravians, a German-speaking religious group which had been headquarter at Bethlehem, PA, since 1740, began their annual wagon trips to the Wachovia track, their North Carolina settlement, in 1753. Their rout began at Bethlehem, and from there ran through Kutztown, Reading, Leititz, Lancaster, and York, PA, then turned South and passed through Maryland, Virginia, and into Piedmont region of North Carolina. Among Moravian congregations existing in the 1750s were those in Bethlehem, Leititz, and Lancaster, as well as the rural Muddy Creek Congregation, near the Cagle homestead in Brecknock Township, Berks County, PA. Mr. John G. Cagle has a map showing how convenient it would have been for the families living in Brecknock Twp., to join the Moravian wagon train as it passed by on its journey. Mr. John G. Cagle stated the Cagle name was not listed anywhere. However, evidence from Revolutionary War Pension Application of Jacob Cagle 1755-1845, and Abraham Hunsucker, b. 1754 which suggest that the time of their families arrived in NC was in the 1754-55 era. Source: By John G. Cagle August issue page 3 Collected by LaMona

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