Salem Diary, page 1804, Records of the Moravians in North Carolina.
May 3. (Land-Arbeiter-Conferenz) The so-called Dunkards, and especially the Methodists, seem to be trying hard to take over our people into their persuation. The latter become constantly more busy in the neighborhood of Hope, but the last speaking with the members of the Society did not show that any harm had been done. The best thing, under the circumstances, is for our preachers to set forth the gospel, and leave the doctrine of Jesus, committed to us, to approve themselves to the hearts of men as the power of God.

1788 Salem Diary, page 2266, Records of the Moravians in North Carolina.
April 12. Easter. At five o’clock the congregation gathered in the Saal, and after the usual greeting went into procession to God’s Acre. The weather was fine.
Twenty-three Methodist preachers passed through on Good Friday on their way to Mr. McKnight’s to hold a Church Meeting as they call their conference, and stopped today on their return trip. The meeting had been called by Mr. Coke, who recently came from England to make a visitation among the Methodists in North Carolina. During the meeting seven deacons were ordained. They say that in addition to this church order, which is the lowest, they have elders (presbyters) and bishops. Mr. Coke claims to be a bishop, and this is confirmed by Mr. Astley, the leading preacher and superintendent among the Methodists here. From here Mr. Coke goes to Virginia, where he has called a meeting and will make a visitation; and he will continue his work through all the states as far as New England. The Methodists make such visitations here and there each year. This Mr. Coke was on a visitation last year to their mission in Antigua, as he told Br. Bagge during a friendly conversation. (They count 28,000 Negroes as belonging to their mission.) Mr. Boxter went a year ago to St. Vincent to found a Methodist mission there. Our Nachrichten mentioned him as having found it difficult in Antigua to discharge the functions of an ordained minister, although he had received written ordination from England. Mr. Coke knew about our Negro mission in Antigua, spoke kindly of the Brethren, and remembered with pleasure that Br. Marshall once showed him around our town here.

1790 Salem Board Minutes, page 2306, Records of the Moravians in North Carolina.
Feb 24, (Aet. Conf) The Methodists in this district would like to hold meetings at various places while their bishop is not here, and set a day on which they wished to hold service in the Saal in Bethania. Br. Beck told them this could not be done without the approval of Conference.

1799 Bethania Diary, page 2635, Records of the Moravians in North Carolina
Feb 24. Sunday A certain young man, who used to belong to us but has turned to the Methodists and serves them as a preacher, had announced a meeting for this place today. As no house was emptied for him he preached on the public street. As he did not begin until after our public service, and stopped soon after one o’clock, it ded not disturb our meetings, which were attended by rather more people than is usual. We would be glad to forget this meeting, which was attended to annoy us, if he had not announced a similar meeting for two weeks hence.
Mar 10. Sunday Again we were annoyed by the young man mentioned fourteen days ago, who had called a meeting of Methodists in our street, and announced another for next Sunday.

1804 Salem Diary, page 2773, Records of the Moravians in North Carolina
Nov 8. Today there was a district election here to select the persons from this state who in the coming months will chose the President and Vice President of the United States for the next four years. The Methodist M’Cain preached at noon in our square. He had asked the use of our church for this preaching, but it was not granted and he was given to understand that it would be better for him to preach somewhere else and not in our town.

Page 2785, Records of the Moravians in North Carolina
Salem, April 16, 1804. Probably the news has not yet reached Germany that for several months gold has been mined in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, about seventy miles southwest of here (the first in the United States). I have myself seen a piece of ore which was sent to Br. Jacob Loesch, in Bethania, to be smelted, and it was very rich. The report of this discovery is confirmed by so many that the only doubt is how much there may be of it. The reason that I mention it is that in our neighborhood one and another has begun to dig for gold, great hopes having been inspired by the divining rod of an old Methodist preacher, Daub by name, for instance inside of our lot No. 88. Daub supposes that the vein runs into my land, or rather into the unsold portion of the Wachovia land, and while I see no reliable ground on which he should base his assumption I will be careful if the question of a sale comes up, lest I might later regret my haste.