The 18th century Moravians purchased 100,000, acres of land in North Carolina and named it the Wachovia Tract. In due course fifteen men from Bethlehem, PA made the forty day journey from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in 1753 to settle the landholding.
The year before, 1752, Hans Wagner and his teenage son build this cabin. They left for new land on the Yadkin River, when the Moravians purchased the Wachovia Tract.
On November 17th, 1753, the 15 Brothers found the abandoned cabin. They lived in that place for nearly two years as they awaited the construction of the Brother's House. Refugees used the cabin during the French and Indian War. The village of Bethabara grew up around the Wagner Cabin.
On November 17, 1753, the following entry was made in the Bethabara Diary: "We ... cut a road for two and a half miles to the little house that the Brethren found yesterday. We reached it in the evening, and a once took possession of it, finding it large enough that we could all lie down around the wall."
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