Benijah 'Ben' Proffitt

b 25 Nov 1841, Gatlinburg, Sevier, Tennessee
d 08 Apr 1899, , 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
Benijah 'Ben' Proffitt	d 1859		Archibald 'Redmond' McMahan
\|Appa Ogle		Archibald McMahan	McNulty
\|m 15 May 1863	James Balford 'Jim_Bally' McMahan	b 1773	George Byrd
\|	\|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	<	James 'Jim' Proffitt
2		Elisha Jackson Proffitt
3	<	Mary 'Polly' Proffitt
4	<	Bedia Proffitt
5		Kimsey Proffitt
6	<	Lawson A. Proffitt
7	<	Caloway 'Cal' Proffitt
8	<	John West Proffitt
9	<	Sanders 'San' Proffitt
10		Sarah Proffitt
11		Hammer Proffitt
12	<	Laura Proffitt

Notes

Buried in the Benajah Proffitt Cemetery in the Glades.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 97. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 555. Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995. 'Proffitt Family History', Jeff Bridgett, p 9. Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, p 312.

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