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The Shofner surname

The Shofner name in Orange County Indexed: 118 historical records.

In the records
1787 to 1846 most named in the 1810s
  • Wills 1787–1820
  • Deeds 1788–1846
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Court minutes 1792–1816
  • Records of enslaved people 1794–1846
  • Marriages 1803–1845
Places in its deeds and wills
Stinking Quarter Creek (29), Little Stinking Quarter Creek (2), Lynns Spring Branch (2), Trading Road (2), Spoons Creek (2), Jack Branch (2), Great Alamance Creek (1), Cape Fear Road (1)
Married into
Clap 3, Albright 1, Bain 1, Bennett 1, Curtis 1, Denton 1, Farmer 1, Graves 1, Hufman 1, Moser 1, Shoe 1, Shoffner 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Albright 9, Denton 6, Trotman 5, Cook 5, Robertson 5, Brehon 3, Lea 3, Holt 3, Neese 3, Willis 3, Helton 2, Yancey 2
Spellings to try
Shoftner, Shoffner, Shofener
Search beyond these records

Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the historical records 118 records

61 deeds, 17 records of enslaved people, 19 marriages, 11 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 5 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Shofner marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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