The Meeting House Traditional Cache
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The terrain is fairly level, but you must park across the road and walk to the cache.
Between the 1740-1750's German settlers came down through the Shenandoah Valley into North Carolina, and what is now Catawba County, to trap, hunt and eventually settle. Two of the first to enter this area were Henry Weidner and Adam Sherrill. Weidner was my Great-Grandfather (4x) and one of the reasons for this cache. As this area grew, the people needed a place to gather; and so they built a meeting house on this site. It was located behind the existing building where the cedars are located. This soon became the center of the settlement and two different faiths worshipped here--Lutheran and Reformed. I have posted a link for those who wish to learn more.
As you walk to the cache site, you will see a large covered grave. This is John Wilfong Jr., a Revolutionary War hero. His father and mother are buried behind him. His sister later married a boy named Daniel Whitener, a descendant of Henry Weidner, and their house was on Robinson Road, located behind Valley Hills Mall.
You will notice that several grave markers are written in German and some are to far gone to make out a single word. To the right of the Wilfong grave is another Revolutionary soldiers grave with a new marker. Many more of the stones that we can not read may also be Patriots, who knows?
Hope you enjoy the hunt and the little local history lesson. Henry Weidner's original grave marker can be seen in the Catawba County Museum in Newton. I am sure many of you know this place intimately since we have all "gone crazy" there at one time or another. Please be respectful and help us to preserve our history. Thanks and enjoy!
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