Forsyth County Winston-Salem NC - History Genealogy

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Forsyth County
(North Carolina)
132 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
By Adelaide L. Fries 1898
- Bonus Book #1 -
Souvenir
of the Twin Cities of
North Carolina
Winston--Salem
Forsyth County.
Descriptive and Historical
102 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
By Mrs. A. V. Winkler 1890
- Bonus Book #2 -
City Directory of Greensboro,
Winston and Salem
and
Gazetteer of
Guilford and Forsyth Counties
325 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
By Interstate Directory Co. 1884
- Bonus Book #3 -
Turner's Fifth Annual
Winston and Salem
City Directory
For the Years 1891 and 1892
To Which is Added A Business Directory
And An Appendix of Useful Information
205 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
By E.F. Turner & Co. 1891
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Forsyth County began as a Moravian settlement in 1753 when Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg acquired a hundred-thousand acre tract of land from Lord Granville,
one of the lord proprietors of North Carolina. The Moravians called their land Wachovia after the Austrian estate of Count Nicholas Lewis von Zinzendorf, an early
protector of the Moravian church.
Two more Moravian settlements, Bethabara and Bethania, were established by 1766.
Living alongside the Moravians were English
settlers who also traveled to this region to build a new life.
They also have a wonderful history and stories to tell.
Forsyth County was created from Stokes County in 1849 and named in honor of Col. Benjamin Forsyth, a Stokes County landowner.
He also distinguished
himself in the war of 1812 and was mortally wounded in Odeltown, Canada.
In 1851, the town of Winston was named as the County seat. The courthouse square was laid one mile north of Salem Square
with plans for the street of the two towns to run together.
The County is bordered by Stokes County (north), Guilford County (east), Davidson County (south), Davie County (southwest),
Yadkin County (west), Surry County (northwest) .
The county is divided into fourteen townships: Abbotts Creek, Belews Creek, Bethania, Broadbay, Clemmons, Kernersville, Lewisville,
Middle Fork, Old Richmond, Pfafftown, Salem Chapel, South Fork, Vienna, Walkertown, and Winston-Salem.
Cities, Towns and Communities include Bethania, Clemmons, Kernersville, Lewisville, Rural Hall, Tobaccoville, Walkertown,
Winston-Salem (county seat), Belews Creek, Bethabara, Dozier, Pfafftown, Seward, Stanleyville, Union Cross, Vienna .
CONTENTS.
The Evolution of Forsyth County 3
First Settlement of Wachovia 17
Wachovia and the Revolutionary War , 33
The Title to Wachovia 40
Kernersville. FRiEDBEiia. Friedland. Hope 47
The Court House Tract 53
Naming the County Town 67
Forsyth County Courts 72
County Militia 82
Forsyth and the Civil War 89
Township Lines 107
Forsyth Court House 119
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Forsyth County Frontispiece
Grants to Sir Robert Heath and
THE Eight Lords Proprietors, facing page 4
The Evolution of Forsyth County,
facing page 14
Proposed Plan of Salem, facing page.. 26
First Court House, facing page 76
Winston and Salem Corporation-
Lines, facing page 114
Forsyth Court House, facing page 118
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