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Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > Forsyth County > History

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The Appalachian Quarterly (Source: Wayback Machine) ($)
Archaeology & Historic Preservation Fact Sheet Forsyth County
Forsyth a county on the march (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Forsyth County (Source: Wikipedia)
Forsyth County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Forsyth County Historical Markers (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
Forsyth County History (Source: North Carolina Encyclopedia)
Forsyth County History Bibliography (Source: WorldCat)
Forsyth County, economic and social A laboratory study at the University of North Carolina, Department of Rural Social Economics (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584 to 1851 includes Forsythe County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
History of Forsyth County
History of Forsyth County
National Register of Historic Places
Wachovia Tract On Dec. 27, 1752, survey for Moravian settlement began near here. Bishop August Spangenberg led frontier expedition that selected 98,985 acres (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Churches and Other Religious Institutions

Fraternity Church of the Brethren Oldest German Baptist (Dunker) congregation in North Carolina. Est. ca. 1775 near Muddy Creek, one mile south (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
Friedberg Church Moravian. Begun in 1759, organized in 1773; first church and school built in 1769. Third structure, 1825; located 1.6 mi. W (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
History of Oak Summit Methodist Church (Source: The Jarvis Family & Other Relatives)
Lewisville United Methodist Church Our Methodist Heritage
McKnight's Meeting House Est. by Methodists ca. 1782. Annual Conferences held here in 1789, 1790, & 1791 by Bishop Asbury. Site was 400 yards N.W (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
The Moravian Church (Source: The Jarvis Family & Other Relatives)
Nazareth Church Lutheran. Begun about 1778 by German settlers. Formerly called "Old Dutch Meeting House." Present building, 1878 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
Primitive Baptist Churches Church and Family History Assistance (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)

Histories of specific towns and townships (15)

Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

Doshier, NC Private Plane Crash, Jan 1968 (Source: GenDisasters)
Forsyth and Franklin County Tornadoes (Source: The Tornado Project)
Forsyth County Storms (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Salem, NC Water Wheel Accident, Apr 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Washington's Southern Tour President Washington spent night of May 31, 1791, at the tavern in Salem. 1/2 mile north (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
Winston Salem, North Carolina Weather History (Source: Weather Underground)
Winston-Salem, NC Plane Crash, Jan 1968 (Source: GenDisasters)

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