Person:Henry Shofner (1)

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Henry Shofner
b.23 Aug 1755 Germany or Switzerland
d.28 Aug 1847 Green County, Kentucky
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m. 1 Aug 1780
  1. Ellizabeth Shoffner
  2. Jonathon Shofner
  3. Lucinda Shofner
  4. Margaret Shofner
  5. Sarah Shofner
  6. David Shofner1782 - 1859
  7. Robert Shofner1783 -
  8. Charles Hart Shofner1785 -
  9. Catherine Shofner1786 - 1868
  10. David Jacob Shofner1800 -
  11. Chloe Shofner1802 - 1884
  12. Anna ShoffnerAbt 1805 - Aft 1880
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Name Henry Shofner
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Aug 1755 Germany or Switzerland
Other[4] 1778 Mecklenburg Co., North CarolinaMilitary induction
Other[5] 1778 Mecklenburg County, North CarolinaResided
Marriage 1 Aug 1780 Rowan Co., North Carolinato Chloe Clora Hart
Immigration[6] Abt 1795 Mercer County, Kentucky
Immigration[7] 1796 Green County, Kentucky
Other[8] 1800 Green Co., KentuckyTax roll
Other? 24 Jan 1820 Greensburg, Green Co., KentuckyCourt case (civil)
Military[9] 7 Nov 1832 for Revolutionary War service
Death[2][3] 28 Aug 1847 Green County, Kentucky
Reference Number? 1630

A letter from Mrs. Robert E. Prather of Denver, CO quotes a court order in Book #6, page 466, which designates that three Pringle young folks be bound out to Henry Shofner to learn farming, spinning, etc. A probate record dated 23 March 1848 from Green County Kentucky states that Henry Shoffner was a Revolutionary War pensioner and got $50 per year from the U.S. government. According to the probate record of his estate from Green County KY (23 March 1848), Henry was a Revolutionary War pensioner and received $50 per year for that purpose. The probate file also stated that he died leaving no widow, so his daughter, Katherine (Shoffner) Ratchford became his surviving heir.

Information contained in a Shofner-Hart family group sheet of unknown origin states that Henry entered the militia as a private in 1778 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, where he resided. Other information from ddnan@@Juno.com states that he enlisted in the military during the Revolutionary War three seperate times. At one point he marched from Charleston to Savannah to Turkey Creek. He was in Captain William Huston's Company, Col. Francis Locke's Regiment, General Rutherford's Brigade. He also served under Captain John Starnes, Colonel Davidson's regiment as a light horseman from 1779 to 1781. He furnished his own horses and provisions. He was engaged in the suppression of the Tories while the British occupied Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County. In 1780 he volunteered in Captain Joseph Shin's company in Colonel Smith's Regiment. He was discharged by Colonel Smith at the Cape Fear River near Raleigh, North Carolina, following the surrender of Cornwallis.

He migrated to Mercer County, Kentucky, from North Carolina, in the mid to late 1790's. Green County later split into Taylor County (where he then lived), and he was located near the confluence of Green, Taylor and LaRue Counties. some researchers say his records begin showing up in Green Co. KY as early as 1778.

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  1. ↑ Shofner-Hart family group sheet supplied in the year 2000.
  2. ↑ Green County, Kentucky, Court Records, September term, 1847. (John Barret Probate File).
  3. ↑ Shofner-Hart family group sheet supplied in the year 2000.
  4. ↑ Shofner-Hart family group sheet supplied in the year 2000.
  5. ↑ Shofner-Hart family group sheet supplied in the year 2000.
  6. ↑ Shofner-Hart family group sheet supplied in the year 2000.
  7. ↑ Shofner-Hart family group sheet supplied in the year 2000.
  8. ↑ Lineage of Mrs. Robert E. Prather.
  9. ↑ Green County, Kentucky, Court Records, September term, 1847. (John Barret Probate File).
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