Loflin Ancestry

Is this John Loflin possibly the same John Loflin, father of Daniel Loflin, father of Paulina "Laney" (Loflin) Surratt?

Richard appeared to have made money selling whiskey and brandy. The 1800 US Federal Census shows Richard Loflin. The 1840 US Federal Census shows later in life that either Richard or his wife was blind and neither could read or write. Randolph County, NC, Genealogical Journal, Winter 2001, p. 60, shows that the blind individual was Richard and that his wife was crippled. Richard had a slave named Luke (Randolph County, NC, Genealogical Journal, Winter 2001, p. 59) who worked Richard's farm in Davidson Co., NC, according to estate papers.

North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Vol. VI, Book 23, p. 518 lists Richard Lofton (possibly Richard Loflin since Loftin was often confused with the surname) as a veteran of the American Revolution. This is somewhat corraborated by a Richard Loflin being listed in Capt. Cox's district in the Rowan County, North Carolina, Tax List. Though there were multiple Richard Loflins, further evidence that this Richard Loflin is the Revolutionary Patriot is supported by his being of rank "Patriotic Service" in his Oath of Allegiance to make land entry in Rowan Co., NC, 8 February 1780 (abstracted by Richard A. Enochs, 1988). Other land documents: 18 June 1785 and its summary (Source: Secretary of State Land Grants... Rowan Co.), 1795. Also of interest is this 11 Oct 1784 pay voucher for "Richd Loflin" of Salisbury, Rowan, NC.

DNA: I have multiple matches with whom I potentially share common ancestors Richard and Mary "Polley" (Tolson) Loflin. Ronda Caroll, Lynn Wood, Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Dennis Williams, Alta Clements, Frank Thurston, Lois Godwin, Patrick McGrew, Jessica Rodges, Denise Montgomery, Eugene Jenkins, Donna Graham, Jean C. Stroud, Wendy Wood, Tanya Donberger, Mark Earl Perkins, Jeffery Blalock, Teresa Coonts, Steven E. Peel, Nicole McIntyre, Gerald Martin, Carol Patterson, John Everette, Wanda Brown, Bill Coggin, Jane Spencer, Betty Williams, Cheryl Kirley, Miranda Redzich, Donna Spears, Bobby Gauldin, Freida Rosinski, Jacob Shuford, Amy Hamner, Betty Walls, Russell Milla, Heather Boen, Dinah Tadlock, Francis Mears, John William Mayfield Henson, John Peel, Margaret Martinez, Meridell Louise Mohler, Audra Stewart, Misty DeSalvo, Phillis Steele, Gary Warner, Debra Stapleton, and Joan Good.

North Carolina in the Revolutionary War (North Carolina's Lost Souls Revolutionary War Project.)

Richard and Mary had several children: The below John Loflin, Rebecca who married Davis Hix (Hicks) (He administered Richard's will), Mary who married Isaiah Hix (Hicks), Eleazer and Cornelius.

John pre-deceased his father. He was the father of 9 girls (Susannah who married Rix Newby, Winney who married Joshua Crow, Polly who married Wyatt Hughlin, Sarah who married Issac Luther, Rebecca who married Warner Bingham, Hannah who married Lewis Shaw, Nancy who married William Luther, Lucinda seen below who married Godfrey Bisher and Elizabeth who married Sawney Ingram) and one boy (William).

Randolph County, NC, Genealogical Journal, Winter 2001, mentions the heirs of John who predeceased his father Richard on p. 59.

Godfrey was a farmer. Lucinda had a residence on 27 January 1848 in Davidson County, North Carolina. They had seven children: John, William, Jane, Angeline, Julia, James and Sarah. Godfrey was also a Confederate veteran of the Civil War and hero of Gettysburg. More information about Godfrey and Lucinda is available at the link below.

Death certificate for M. Worth Bisher showing parents as Godfrey Bisher and Lucinda Loflin. (Source: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013).

DNA:: I have 3 matches with whom I share Godfrey and Lucinda (Loflin) Bisher as common ancestors.
Donna Hancock, Kathryn "Cassie" A. Tysinger and Amie Price.