Orange County Indexed
The Shoftner surname
The Shoftner name in Orange County Indexed: 58 historical records.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1813
most named in the 1790s
- Tax lists 1779
- Deeds 1794
- Court minutes 1795–1813
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stinking Quarter Creek (1)
- Often named with
- Cook 5, Fogleman 3, Boggs 2, Holt 2, Long 2, Albright 2, Doak 2
- Spellings to try
- Shofner, Shoffner, Schoffner, Shofener
- Search beyond these records
- Shoftner in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Shoftner there)
- Shoftner in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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 58 records
1 deeds, 54 court minutes and 3 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Shoftner Michael
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Shoftner Michl Dr
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Shoftner George
1790s
- 1794DeedsJames Boggs to Frederick Shoftner, 27 November 1794
- 1795Court minutesDeed, James Boggs to Fred Shoftner, proved by Wm Dyson.
- 1798Court minutesThe court remitted jury nonattendance fines for John Ray, Michael Shoftner, Martin Shoftner and Fred Shoftner.
- 1798Court minutesRobert Carson recovered damages and costs against Wm Fitch on appeal.
- 1798Court minutesJurors acquitted Francis Rickets; the court charged the unnamed prosecutor with costs.
- 1798Court minutesJurors acquitted Wm Dosset of a misdemeanor; the court charged the unnamed prosecutor with costs.
- 1798Court minutesJurors convicted Francis Moreland of assault; the court fined him, and an appeal was requested.
1800s
- 1801Court minutesDeed, Peter Poor to Fredrick Shoftner, proved by John Cook.
- 1801Court minutesJurors convicted Samuel Hill of assault.
- 1801Court minutesJurors acquitted Wm Warren.
- 1801Court minutesJurors acquitted David Shepperd of petty larceny.
- 1807Court minutesThe court ordered Jacob Troxler, Benj Burnside, James Gant and 27 others summoned for Superior Court jury service.
- 1808Court minutesBill of Sale, Ezekiel Trotman to Michael Shoftner, proved by Michael Holt.
1810s
- 1810Court minutesThe jury valued two bonds and awarded Jesse Dickins interest and costs.
- 1810Court minutesThe jury upheld the bond, rejected payment and setoff, and awarded Joseph Brittain damages and costs.
- 1810Court minutesThe jury found John Phipps Jr guilty as charged.
- 1812Court minutesThe court appointed Joseph Smith and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
- 1812Court minutesDeed, Martin Shoftner to Ludwick Thrownberry, proved by John Cook.
- 1813Court minutesDeed, Elijah Kirkman to Michael Shoftner Jr, proved by David Cottner.
Undated
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire; five named jurors were marked excused.
- Court minutesThe court appointed John May as road overseer, replacing Michael Shoftner.
- Court minutesA jury was assigned to survey the requested route through Hawkins’s and David Pattersons’s properties toward Christian Cobles’s former pl…
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Pyles, Wm Bowles Jr, Joseph Tate and 26 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Piles, Wm Bowles Jr, Joseph Tate and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court fined jurors James Piles, Joseph Tate, John Ray and 7 others for nonattendance.
- Court minutesDeed, Michael Shoftner to Frederick Shoftner, proved by Michael Shoftner.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Edmund Gwin [or Green?], George Albright, Jacob Wilhoit and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Nathaniel Carter, George Albright, John Wilkerson and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Samuel Thompson, Robert Tinnen, Hugh Cain and 6 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJurors upheld John Wood’s bond and awarded Ebenezer McNair the remaining principal, interest and costs after payments.
- Court minutesFollowing default, Bruce and McKerall received damages and costs against William Smith.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Rich’d Christmas, Wm Cabe, Wm Holt and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJurors convicted John Bragg and Wm Luster.
- Court minutesJurors acquitted Thomas Jinkins, and the court ordered the unnamed prosecutor to pay costs.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Isaac Brackin Jr.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Edmund Macklin of petty larceny; the court ordered thirty-nine lashes to be administered within one hour.
- Court minutesJurors acquitted Jonathan Forrest, and the court ordered the unnamed prosecutor to pay costs.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Augustine Willis, James Clendening, Mich’l Shoftner and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Sarah Shoftner.
- Court minutesIn Michael Shoftner’s case against Samuel Fogleman and others, the court appointed Michael Holt surveyor and four named commissioners.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded William Edwards damages for a promise within three years; only William Cummings’s and Benjamin Yeargain’s witness attend…
- Court minutesThe court recorded David White, James Williams, Thomas Armstrong and 5 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury upheld the bond, found breached covenants and awarded damages; an appeal was allowed with Edward Jones, Thomas Ruffin and David…
- Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded James Child’s firm damages and costs.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, William Higgie & Joel C Yancy to Michael Shoftner, proved by Michael Shoftner.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Mitchell Satterwhite to Michael Shoftner, proved by Michael Shoftner Jr.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Lewis Horneday to Fredrick Shoftner, proved by John Long Sr.
- Court minutesBill of sale, James Linn to Frederick Shoftner, proved by Peter Shoftner.
- Court minutesDeed, Peter Shoftner to Frederick Shoftner, proved by Peter Fogleman Jr.
- Court minutesDeed, Peter Cortner to Daniel Shoftner, proved by Henry Cook.
- Court minutesDeed, John Piggott to Martin Shoftner, proved by J Doak.
- Court minutesDeed, Martin Shoftner & John Fogleman to Michael Shoftner, proved by J Doak.
- Court minutesDeed, John Cook to Michael Shoftner, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, John Cook to Daniel Shoftner, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Samuel Thompson Eno, Benjamin Rhodes, James Moore and 33 others for the next court.
