Rose, The entire area was at first all Rowan Co. then when counties started breaking away, even without moving, your family could have then been in Surry Co. which became a county in the mid 1700s. I'm not sure where your Welkers were but depending on where in the mid 1800s they could have then been (without moving) in Yadkin County or Forsyth County if they were considered to have been in the Wachovia or Moravian settlement. The Wachovia tract which the Moravian communities of Bethabara, Bethania, Salem, Friedburg and others were a part were in large part in what eventually became Forsyth County (where I now live in Winston-Salem, NC) and iin Davidson County (once also part of Rowan). It does get confusing. Susan Gall On Wed, 25 May 2005 07:50:09 -0500 "Rose Green" <[email protected]> writes: > Can anyone enlighten me about the Wachovia settlement? I have some > ancestors (WELKER) who sometimes were in Surry, other times in Rowan > county > (mid to late 1700s). I understand that the border between the > counties > switched around a couple of times due to wanting to include or > exclude the > Wachovian settlement. Since I haven't been able to get my Welkers > out of > NC, I'm curious if they were part of this group, and if so, what > info is out > there on them. > > Thanks! > > Rose Green > > > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > RowanRoots is a genealogy/history discussion list. Please stay on > topic. > > >