David Proffitt

b 14 Feb 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier, Tennessee
d 29 Mar 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier, Tennessee
bur Big Greenbrier, Sevier, Tennessee
16 10 Aug 1951,
24 15 Dec 1954, !&			John Proffitt, [Rev.]	>
61 10 May 1972, !&		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
David Proffitt	d 1859		Archibald 'Redmond' McMahan
\|Mary 'Polly' Whaley-2 +		Archibald McMahan	McNulty
\|m 04 Mar 1866	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 Proffitt
2	<	Aaron Proffitt
3		Lucinda Proffitt
4	<	John Proffitt
5		Martha Ellen Proffitt
6		Deborah Proffitt
7		Samuel Proffitt
8		Oscar Proffitt
9		Isham Proffitt
10		Caldonia Proffitt

Notes

David Proffitt served in Co. E 2nd Tenn Cav. in the Civil War. He was buried in the Ownby Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Joe Payne lists death as 4 March 1866.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 53, 97, 115, 117. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 63, 64, 89. 'Smoky Mountain Family Album,' Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 35, 203. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 708. Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995. 'Proffitt Family History', Jeff Bridgett, p 9. Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8. 'Mountain Ways', Gene Aiken, 1983, p 187.

Index Previous Next