This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1198.1 Message Board Post: According to Harmon family records, Melchoir Hermann came from Germany in 1752. Like most German immigrants, he arrived in Charleston, SC and first settled in Newberry County, SC. Genealogy records can be found at the Lexington Library in their Family History Room. Dennis Williams