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Several surnames and given names that appear in Jefferson County records are very similar to each other. It is easy to confuse them in reading records. Quite often, transcribers mis-read them in published and on-line compilations. Here are some of the more common stumbling points: SurnamesBales / Beals / Boles Click / Clack / Cheek Gant / Gault Hance / Haun Helton / Hilton (usually correct as Hylton) Hendrick / Headrick Lay / Loy Lindsey / Livesey = Lindsay / Livesay Mills / Miles Moore / Moon Moore / Moree Mort / Mount Moyers / Myers Nance / Hance Pankey / Purkey Peck / Pack / Park Shelton / Chilton Turnley / Turley Vance / Vaughn Given NamesChaney/Chandley/Chanley (all Moore given names) Do you have names to add to this list? If so, please Contact Us!
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