Hi Here are my notes in my family tree. There is a place were you can see what the german names are in english and I can't remember but I think David was the english name for Dewalt?? anyone else know how this went. Johan Theobald Dewalt (David) Kegel\Cagle is the brother of Johannes "John Dutchman" Cagle there are not the same person. Nancy Jane David's trip to North Carolina; Some of the Cagle's including David 1728 -1850, traveled to North Carolina on the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, some called it the Old Salem Road. When the first census was taken in 1790, there were ten Cagle families living in Moore County, North Carolina . Johan Theobald (Dewalt) "David Cagle (they called him David Cagle). Childs name Johan Theobald, born the 29th. of April 1728, and was Baptized on 1st of May 1728. Sponcers name, Theobold Fuchs, the sponcer from Alsenborn and wife Christina, and Andrusa Busch from Trippstadt, Reformed .. Parents names Leonhart Kegel and his wife Susannah, Reformed from Obermehlingen, Germany. Records are from a German Church records in Sembach Germany. Land Grants: Land Grants of North Carolina , 1767-1818 , Cumberland (present Moore) County. Number 1430 David Caygill 1764 No. 1430 County, Cumberland Name: Caygill, David Acres 100 Grant No 374 Issued Apr 25, 1767 Warrent No. Entry No. 95 Entered April 21, 1764 Book No 23 Page No 24 Location on both sides of Flatt Creek. Notes: David Cagle, and his presumed brother John "Dutchman" Cagle, Acquired land near the same time in early 1764, David's by land entry (April 21, ) and John's purchase from James Cheney (Feb. 3). David's entry shows that his tract of 100 Acres lay "about a quarter of a mile from " John Caygills, Plantation " John was situated at the forks of Bear and Cavin Creeks (where he remained until his death in 1799). David was situated on Flat Creek, which appently was a small tributary of either Bear or Cavin Creek. David's survey, of 100 acres, dose not seem to border directly on any previously owned land, and county, seems to have been sparsely populated at that early date. in 1769, David sold is track of land to William Smith, and moved westward to what is now Cabarrus County, North Carolina. On July 20, David Cagle sold to William Smith the tract of land on Flat Creek which he had bought in 1764: (Original deed on pp. 4-5 below) David Kegle to William Smith: this Indenture made the 20th day of July in the uear of Our Lord 1769. Between David Kegel and Catharine his wife of Rowan County in the Province of North Carolina Planter of the one part & William Smith of Cumberland County in the said Province of the other part Witnesseth that the said David Kegle & Catharine his wife for & said =eration of the sum of 50 pounds proclamation money to him in hand paid the Receipt wherof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed conveyed & confirmed & by these presents doth grant bargain sell alien enfeoff convey & confirm unto him the said William smith his heirs & assigns forever all that Tract piece or parcel of land situated lying & being in Cumbeland County aforesaid on both sides Flat Creek. Beginning at a Post Oak thence South 39 West 127 poles to a stake thence South 81 East 127 poles to a Red Oak, thence North 39 East 127 poles to a Pine thence North 81 West 127 poles to the beginning including the Plantation Whereon the aboveDavid Kegle sold to the above named William Smith his heirs executors administratores or assigns, Together with all Housed Buildings Orchards Gardens Meadows Enclosures Improvements Woods Trees Waters Water Courses profits Commodities Advantage Hereditaments & appurtenances whatsoever to the same tract piece or parcel of land & premises above mentioned & described belonging or in any wise appertaining, and also the Reversion and Reversions, Remainder & Remainders, rents issues & profits of the said premises & evry part & parcel thereof together with all the estate right title interest claim and demand whatsoever of him the siaid David Kegle & Catharine his wife of in & to the said tract or parcel of Land and Premises & every part & Parcel thereof, to have & to hald the said tract or parcel and land & premises herby granted or mentioned to be granted with their appurtenacnes unto the said William Smith and heirs & assigns forever and the said David Kegle & Catharine his wife for them selves & their heirs the said Tract or parcel of Land and premises & every part & parcel thereof against them & their heirs & againt all person or persons laying any lawful claim thereto, Shall & will Warrant and for ever defind by these presents. In Withness Wherof the said David Kegle & Catharine his wife hath hereunto set their hands & seals the day & year first above written. his Sealed & delivered) David X Kegle (Seal) in presence of ) mark his ) her John X Kegle ) North Carolina Catherine X Kegle (Seal) mark ) Cumberland County mark Simon Hart ) Oct Court 1769 George Kegle ) Then was the execution of this Deed in Open Court due form of Law proved by the Oath of Simon Kegle and ordered to be Recorded & Recorded in Minutes of Said Court. Thomas Rutherford C.C. David Cagle is known to have ties to three North Carolina regions: (1) Old Rowan County, 1760, and perhaps also 1750s. Probably lived somewhere along Deep River, either in Randolph of Guilford, was on tax list, sometime in 1760s, with son John , (2) Old Cumberland County, had land paten at forks of Bear and Cabin Creeks in 1767, which he sold in 1769. (3) Cabarrus County, then part of Mecklenburg, had land entry in 1779, maybe died there in 1780s. Notes from John G. Cagle's books. ---------------------------------------------------------- Ancient Pennsylvania Landmarks Known to Leonhart Kegel, 1732-54 Oley Township, Berks County, PA Oley Township, a few miles east of Reading, in Berks co., PA, is the only township in America which has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, as an entire Township. Its settlement dates back as far as 1699, and it ancient German and French Huguenot homesteads have building standing dated from 1706. It was already a generation old, and a thriving settlement, when the Cagles arrived from Germany in 1730s; and was nearly a half-century old when John "Dutchman" Cagle lived in Oley in the early 1750s. Leonhart Kegel, the 1732 immigrant, and believed to be father of John "Dutchman" Cagle, acquired land in Oley Township in 1737; at that time, however, old Oley Township encompassed more territory than does the present Oley Twp., and section in which Leonhart lived was later made into Alsace Township. The economy of Oley Township was based, originally, on farming in the broad Oley Valley, and on iron-working in the scenic hills which ring the valley. Of the iron furnaces and forges in Oley, perhaps the most famous was that of Iarger Family (later Anglicized to "Hunter"), headed by Nicholas Hunter. In an obscure court case, dating for 1753, Berks Co. records sho that Nicholas Hunter, on one occasion, filed suite against a John Kegle, believed to be John "Dutchman" Cagle, who later moved to North Carolina in 1754-55. Oldest homestead in Oley is that of Johannes Keim, built 1706; he was the ancestor of the Kime family of Guilford Co., NC. Oley Township furnished a number of families to central North Carolina during the 1740s adn 1750s including the Keim, Cagle, and Stutts Families. (The Nicholas Hunter homestead in Oley Twp., neat the ruins of the famed Oley Forge. The Oley Lutheran Church stands nearby, but its early recors are lost. One of the most memorable sights in the city of Reading, Berks Co., PA, is Alsace Hill in the northern part of town, capped by the twin towers of the Alsace Lutheran and Alsace German Reformed Churches. The two churches, identical in construction, stand on either side of a common parking lot, and share a common graveyard. From date of founding in 1732, until construction of the present buildings in 1907, the two congrrefations worshipped in a single building, at alternatin times, under a "Union Church" arrangement. The Alsace churches stand on the homestead of Dewalt Baum, closest neighbor of Leonhart Cagle, during Leonard's period of residence, 1737-1748, in Alsace Township. The Cagles may will have been members of the Alsace Lutheran Church, but this cannot be verified, as early records of the Church have been lost. There is a replica of the original Alsace Church building, which served the congragtion form ca1737-1753 replaced by a stone church in 1753. The log church was in use during the period of Leonard Cagle's residence in the township, and stood about a quarter-mile from his home. The present Alsace Lutheran Church, in use since 1907. and identical building, standing adjacent, is the German Ref. church. Here is a paragraph from the published history of the Alsace Church describes the expansion of the Church in the era of 1748-1754. In 1748, the year of the founding of Reading, PA, Leonard Cagle, vacted his homstead in Alsace and move a few miles distant to Brecknock Township, in Berks Co. (I found this in one or the Cagle Journal of Historical Inquiry's,) (July 1987 pg. 2) by; John G. Cagle of Little Rock , Arkansas. 1810 Census Moore County, North Carolina Cagle , Caty 001 - 01001 P. 060 (widow of John , d-1799)(second wife of John ) John "Dutchman " Cagle ( Some called him Dutch) John Cagle 1726-1799, America's first gold rush, Cabarrus County, North Carolina . The first find was a 17 lb. gold nugget, founded in Little Meadow Creek by Conrad Reeds, minor son of John Reed. A German immigrant , it soon became the nations source of gold. (Then there was a gold strike in California in the late 1840s). Henry Cagle 1760-1830 was a neighbor of John Reed. Old David 1728-1780. and his brother John Dutchman 1726-1799, had homesteaded at this location in 1764. Old David became the owner and operater of the first gold mine in Moore County, North Carolina . John Dutchman's son John inherited 150 acres, John moved to Mississippi in the early 1810s and left his land to his brother ,George 1760-1830. George gave his land to his son John M. Cagle born 1793-1860, He stayed on the place and worked the mine, he became the wealthist Cagle , in America, his assets valued at $35,000.00. Census 1860: John M. Cagle, age 67, born in Nort Carolina Martha Cagle, age 50, born in North Carolina Enoch S. Cagle , age 25, born North Carolina Real Estate Value $ 5,371.00, Personal Property $30,000.00 . John "Dutchman" Cagle - Land Grants & Tax List. John Kegill - died 1799 Bought 100 acres Feb. 1764, by Bear Creek. (This is where the Gold Mine was) David Cayjill - Bought 100 acres, both sides of Flat Creek. Acres. Charles Cagle died 1802, bought land August 11 1767 , on Little Buffalo River . Leonard Bought land in 1768, on Buffalo River. Henry died 1802, bought land on Little Buffalo River . George Died 1825 bought 30 acres between Cabin Creek and Bear Creek. 1767 Tax List: Cumberland County, North Carolina : John Cagle, Henry Cagle, Leonard Cagle . 1777 Tax List: John Cagle 310 Acres. Henry Cagle 150 Acres George Cagle 120 Acres. Names where all misspelled by the land office. Notes from John G. Cagle's books on the Cagle's