| b 13 Jan 1871, | James Proffitt | > | Benajah Proffitt | Mary Lawson |
| James Jackson Proffitt | b 1794 | |||
| | b 28 Jun 1819 | Sarah Byrd | |||
| James McMahan 'Jim' Proffitt | d 20 Jun 1863 | b 1794 | Archibald McMahan | > |
| |b 11 Mar 1844 | | | James Balford 'Jim_Bally' McMahan | Elizabeth Byrd | > |
| |d 11 Feb 1913 | Celia McMahan | b 1798 | Ned Wilson | |
| | | b 07 Mar 1827 | Mary Ann 'Polly' Wilson, 'Granny Mack' | Mary Ann Gilbert | |
| Mary Ellen Proffitt | d 05 Jun 1895 | b 24 Nov 1796 | Alexander Whaley | |
| |John Ellison | Middleton Whaley | Abigail Leverich | | | Aaron Whaley | b 1800 | William 'Billy' Ogle | > |
| | | |b 02 Jan 1823 | Rebecca Ogle | Martha Jane Huskey | > |
| Martha Whaley | d 08 Jun 1908 | b 1782 | James Ownby | > |
| b 25 Sep 1843 | | | John Ownby | Joanna Sims | > |
| d 27 Dec 1912 | Sarah Elmira 'Sally' Ownby | b 04 Apr 1791 | Nicholas Koon | > |
| b 1822 | Mary Jane 'Granny' Coone | Mary DeWalt | ||
| d 1922 | b 1793 | |||
| 1 | < | David 'Bascom' Proffitt | 2 | Jackson Proffitt | 3 | Sam Ellison | 4 | Edward Ellison | 5 | Elmer Ellison | 6 | Oliver Ellison | 7 | Mary Ellison | 8 | Martha Ellison | 9 | Lucy Ellison |
Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 71, 77.