This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barefoot Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRC.2ACIB/4.17.21.24.35.69.70.73.124.152.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Cathy, It's good to hear from a descendant of Noah and Elizabeth (Godwin) Barefoot's daughter Mary. I have been trying to verify all of Noah's children by his two wives (the first is unknown). Noah's estate records at NC Archives tell us that Mary was married first to Wm. J. McLamb. When she received her full share she was the wife of Wm. J. McLamb. This was in 1861. Later she is believed to be the wife of James Tart and is on the 1870 census with him. I have not found proof that this is the same Mary but others have suggested that it is. Can you help? Also, Noah was always known in the official records simply as Noah Barefoot, without any initial. The first Noah G. Barefoot to appear in the records of Johnston or Sampson Co. NC was the son of Miles and Meady (Allen) Barefoot. Noah and his first wife had 8 children: Bright Barefoot, Noah B. Barefoot, Roseanna Barefoot Denning, Clarkey Barefoot Jackson, Ava Ann Barefoot Tart, Sarah Barefoot Parker, John Barefoot, and Susan Barefoot Wood. Noah and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Godwin) Barefoot also had 8 children: James Barefoot, Joel Barefoot, Nancy Barefoot Godwin, Barbara Barefoot Baggett, Mary Barefoot McLamb Tart, Jerusha Barefoot Jackson Tart, Reddin Barefoot, and Elizabeth Barefoot. All of these children were included in his estate distribution one way or another. Most people have not included his two oldest sons Bright and Noah B. Barefoot because they were not in the land distribution because their father had already given them land prior to his death. I hope to hear from you about Mary. Thanks. Dan