Interesting reading on George Fazenbaker. I've often seen the name (it's a memorable surname) as I've mulled the censuses of the area. And I have always been interested to read your postings on the Allegany Co. list. No doubt there was a strong population in Allegany Co.of folks with German heritage. The more I research, the more I think Christopher Waggoner would probably have had no reason to deny or hide any service as a German auxiliary, particularly while residing in this area. And it appears he was there for quite some time, most likely died there. It is helpful to know that no Wags were there in the 1787 records. Thank you, Walt. Being at some distance from MD, I'm at a disadvantage when it comes to being able to search records personally. However, I have a deed that indicates Christopher's probably first appearance in the area in 1792. He purchased from Jacob Sapp, a "part of White Oak Swamp". I do not know specifically where that was, except that it must have been in western Allegany Co. At some point, he's listed in the Skipton District in the census. I can follow Christopher through the census up through 1830, but no listing in the 1840. I assumed he most likely died during that ten year span. There are no estate or probate records on file for him, unfortunately. It appears he was in a listing for the Methodist Church in Oldtown. Interestingly, the land for that church was deeded by Joseph Cresap in Dec. 1791 and my Christopher shows up in April 1792. Now, there was a Johannes Christoph Waggoner who was a chaplain and had been at Ft. Frederick at some point. He was supposed to go to Canada, and evidently did for some time, but wasn't happy there and allegedly returned to Europe. However, he may have instead returned to Maryland. Perhaps in some official capacity at the Methodist church in Oldtown? I'm in the process of trying to find out about records at the Methodist church in Oldtown. Again, it's not easy having to do it all through mail. And I'm checking out every reference to any Christopher/Christian Waggoner/Wagoner/Wagner I can find, particularly amongst the "Hessian" rosters. Several Wags appear in the 1790 census for Washington Co., MD. I'm trying to dig into each of those. I definitely don't have any reservations about determining whether Christopher was a German auxiliary or not. I think that would serve only to make him a more interesting ancestor if he were! But, I do find it intriguing that even as much as one hundred years later, I'm hearing that even the possibility was still a tender subject for his descendants. Susan