William M. 'Bill' Proffitt

b 08 Aug 1850, , Sevier, Tennessee
d 1908, , Sevier, Tennessee
bur Gatlinburg, Sevier, Tennessee
16 & John Proffitt, [Rev.] >
24 & James Proffitt Susannah Arrington
Benajah Proffitt b 26 Jan 1768  
| b 1794 Mary Lawson  
James Jackson Proffitt  d 1862 b 19 Sep 1774  
|b 28 Jun 1819 |    
|d 20 Jun 1863 Sarah Byrd  
|  b 1794    
William M. 'Bill' Proffitt  d 1859 Archibald 'Redmond' McMahan
|Martha E. Walker-1 + Archibald McMahan McNulty
|m 22 May 1867 James Balford 'Jim_Bally' McMahan b 1773 George Byrd
|, Sevier, Tennessee |b 1798 Elizabeth Byrd Mary
Celia McMahan  d 1887 b 1777  
 b 07 Mar 1827 | Ned Wilson  
 d 05 Jun 1895 Mary Ann 'Polly' Wilson, 'Granny Mack'  
 b 24 Nov 1796 Mary Ann Gilbert  
 d 25 Mar 1894

Children

1 < Harrison W. Proffitt
2 < Early Proffitt
3 < Dexter Proffitt

Notes

Died of smallpox. Buried in Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 53. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69, 78. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64, 92. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51. 'The Book of Ragan/Reagan', Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 202, 207. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 540. Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995. 'Proffitt Family History', Jeff Bridgett, p 9. Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.


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