John Proffitt

b 22 Mar 1871,
d 19 Feb 1936, James Proffitt >
bur , Sevier, Tennessee Benajah Proffitt Mary Lawson
James Jackson Proffitt b 1794  
| b 28 Jun 1819 Sarah Byrd  
David Proffitt  d 20 Jun 1863 b 1794 Archibald McMahan >
|b 14 Feb 1847 | James Balford 'Jim_Bally' McMahan Elizabeth Byrd >
|d 29 Mar 1909 Celia McMahan b 1798 Ned Wilson
|  b 07 Mar 1827 Mary Ann 'Polly' Wilson, 'Granny Mack' Mary Ann Gilbert
John Proffitt  d 05 Jun 1895 b 24 Nov 1796 Alexander Whaley
|Rachel Shultz Middleton Whaley Abigail Leverich
| Aaron Whaley b 1800 William 'Billy' Ogle >
| |b 02 Jan 1823 Rebecca Ogle Martha Jane Huskey >
Mary 'Polly' Whaley  d 08 Jun 1908 b 1782 James Ownby >
 b 1851 | John Ownby Joanna Sims >
 d 1880 Sarah Elmira 'Sally' Ownby b 04 Apr 1791 Nicholas Koon >
 b 1822 Mary Jane 'Granny' Coone Mary DeWalt
 d 1922 b 1793

Children

1 < Elmer Proffitt
2 Lawrence A. Proffitt
3 Glen Proffitt
4 < Bruce Proffitt
5 < Myrtle Proffitt
6 Hazel Proffitt

Notes

Hump back. Buried in Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Highway 73.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 53. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 89, 90. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 547.


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