in the Archives of the Moravian Church.” The first contact between Moravians and Indians took place in 1735 in Georgia. This was followed by missions in New York and Pennsylvania in 1740.

The mission in Georgia closed after the Cherokee left ... with Crews' assessment and that the ties between Cherokee and Moravian had remained even after the Moravians turned over their mission ...

The earliest Moravian mission in Monroe County was located in Dansbury, now Stroudsburg, in 1743. The historic marker stands on lower Main Street near the Dansbury Cemetery. Two less well-known ...