United States Census, 1850 "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8DY-48Z : accessed 25 January 2015), Samuel Shaffer, Washington county, part of, Washington, Virginia, United States; citing family 1492, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of John Shaffer", Ancestor # A102646.
DAR entry for his father, John Shaffer, which shows John's descendants.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel: