Display Patriot - P-289428 - Michael SHOFNER/SHOFFNER
Michael SHOFNER/SHOFFNER
SAR Patriot #:
P-289428
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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: Jesse McIntyre III
Michael Shoffner was born circa 1721 near Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany. He immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and migrated to Orange County, North Carolina.
He married a Catherine Fogelman. Their marriage was blessed with four sons and one daughter: Michael, George, Martin, Peter, and Magdalena.
Three of these sons served in the American Revolution under the command of General Greene for the most part, but at times with Steuben and DeKalb. Michael Shoffner is recognized for taking a loyalty oath in 1778 and providing public service for the Patriot Cause. Battle of Alamance during the Regulator War in North Carolina was fought on lands owned by the Shoffner family.
He passed on 25 June 1810 at Orange County, North Carolina.
Sources: Family History page on Shoffner: https://books.google.com/books?id=4blRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=michael+shoffner+revolutionary+war&source=bl&ots=2S_4lwUcHm&sig=Gy4dbecX5IIYJODCRXqwP84DOiI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc8OTMzvbQAhVBbiYKHbgrCPoQ6AEITDAJ#v=onepage&q=michael%20shoffner%20revolutionary%20war&f=false http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Michael_Shoffner_%281%29 http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.cook/745.768.769.826.827/mb.ashx
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