God's Acre

Schoeneck Moravian Church

Northampton County, Nazareth, PA

To our out-of-town family and friends:

Many of you would like to see the cemetery where your earliest Clewell family have been laid to rest. The following are pictures from God's Acre, taken on October 10, 2003.

Please note that there are two sections to the cemetery, the "old" and the "new." The cemetery was laid out in 1763 by George Clauss, father-in-law of Elizabeth Clewell, George Craft Clewell's oldest daughter. Oddly enough, Clauss was the first to be interred in the cemetery.

Further, those buried in the "old" section of the cemetery, were interred according to the Moravian "choir" system. Men were buried in one area and women were buried in another. Yes, that means a husband was not buried beside his wife. It was the same manner in which they worshipped, men on one side of the church and women on the other, a tradition no longer practiced.

	Entrance sign to God's Acre.
	Looking southeast from the west entrance. The "new" section of the cemetery is in the foreground.
	Looking directly south at the "new" section of the cemetery from the north side of the cemetery.
	Looking toward the southwest corner. Part of the "old" section of the cemetery is located in the large green area in the background. Louisa, Franz, and George are buried near the trees in the background.
	Looking southwest from the north east corner of the cemetery. The "new" section is located on the right. Part of the "old" section can be seen on the left.
	Looking directly west from the center of the cemetery. Traditional Moravian ledgers are the style of this section of the "old" cemetery.
	Looking south at part of the "old" cemetery. The flags in the background denote Civil War veterans.
	Moving further west toward the oldest part of the cemetery. Louisa's gravestone is the small, gray spot at the base of the tree in the center. Notice the open "path" which separates the men's section (on the left) from the women's.
	Looking south at the oldest part of the cemetery. Louisa's gravestone is located near the base of the tree on the left. Broad Street Extension is located on the right, the western boarder of God's Acre.
	Looking north from the southern edge of the "old" cemetery. The "new" cemetery is located in the background. Louisa's gravestone is the large, gray patch near the center of the photo. Franz's and George's gravestones are located in the center row, but closer to the trees. Over the centuries, many of the gravestones have settled below ground level.
	Louisa's gravestone (center). George's and Franz's stone is located to the left, just outside the view of the camera.
	Looking east from the southwest  corner of the "old" cemetery. Beil Avenue is located on the right.