Hey Folks, Here's one for ya: in a dictated autobiography my distant uncle made the following remarks about the progenitor of our Barefoot line: "Dr. Benjamin Barefoot, came over from the North of Ireland in the last years of the 18th century and located among the Pennsylvania Germans in German County." Now I know there's no such thing as German County, and Germantown isn't a possibility, either, according to their historical society. In 1785 my Benjamin Barefoot first appears on the tax records in West Nantmeal Twp., Chester Co., PA. A man I believe is his brother, Samuel Barefoot, is on the tax list as well. Does anyone have any comments on where would be a good place in Chester Co. that would earn the designation of German County by one who would not know any better? As an aside, the best I can find on this family (or even this surname) shows activity in the 1760's off and on in Douglassville, Amity Twp. & West Nantmeal. There's also a James Barefoot who would be a contemporary of these two listed on the tax records in Nottingham Twp. In the 1770's there were a few Barefoots who were in the Caernarvon Twp. area of Berks Co. as well, but I can't find evidence of them in Berks earlier than that. This is my first foray into anything German in PA. Any clues, anyone? :) Thanks a bunch for reading this. Sharon No. VA