Zevely Family
Zevely Family
By 1797 both Henry and Margaret Zevely were dead, and Vanniman was in the care of his uncle, Isaac Enochs. The Moravian records on July 11, 1797 state: "An outside boy, Vannimmen Zively by name, has come for a while to Br. Wohlfahrt in the cabinet shop. Before her end his mother expressed the wish that when she died he might be brought to the Brethren." Vanniman seems to have done well, since he asked in January 1798 to become a resident of Salem, and the request was granted: "There is no objection because of his conduct; the congregation rules have been read to him and he promises to follow them."
By 1807 Vanniman Zevely was the master joiner in the Single Brothers House. In 1809 he married Johanna Sophia Schober (1776-1821). This marriage seems to have taken place without permission of the church leadership, although both husband and wife were members of the Moravian community, and they were temporarily dropped from membership. They were reinstated as "outside" members in 1810, suggesting that they must have been living outside Salem at the time. Johanna Sophia died in 1821, leaving six young children, and in 1822 Vanniman married Anna Rebecca Holder, who lived only until 1825. His third wife was Susanna (or Sarah?) Elisabeth Peters (1786-1873). Vanniman became a Moravian minister and missionary, and made numerous trips to the Cherokee missions in northern Georgia, and to southwestern Virginia. He died in Salem in 1863.
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Children of Augustus Theophilus Zevely and Lucinda Paulina Blum
Mary Melvina Zevely (1842-?)
Ann Lavinia Zevely (1844-1862)
John Henry Zevely (1848-1936) m. Sarah Elizabeth Pfohl
Ellen Sophia Zevely (1850-1899) m. Charles Buford (1849-1906)
Adelia Elizabeth Zevely (1852-?) m. Thomas R. Purnell
Augustus and Lucinda Zevely's home in Salem is now The Augustus T. Zevely Inn
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Children of Edmund Samuel Zevely and Charlotte Hill Hinkle
John Henry Zevely
Sophia Malvina Emma Zevely
Sabina Sophia Zevely
Van Alexander Zevely
Caroline May Zevely
Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, 12 volumes; Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission.
Forsyth County census, cemetery and death records
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This page was revised on November 23, 2001 and on May 28.2005.
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