| b 10 May 1890, | James Proffitt | > | d 07 Sep 1953, | Benajah Proffitt | Mary Lawson |
| David Proffitt | b 1794 | |||
| | b 12 Dec 1831 | Sarah Byrd | |||
| William Harrison Proffitt | d 10 Oct 1877 | b 1794 | ||
| |b 13 Sep 1860 | | | |||
| |d 10 May 1895 | Martha Jane Keeler | |||
| | | b 1836 | |||
| Creed Boyer Proffitt | ||||
| |Myrtle Nora Shultz | |m 12 Jun 1919 | Frederick Asbury Denton | ||
| |, Cocke, Tennessee | | | |||
| Martha 'Nan' Denton | ||||
| | | ||||
| Susie Bird | ||||
| 1 | < | William Harrison Proffitt | 2 | < | Paul Shultz Proffitt |
Creed B. and Nora Myrtle (Shults) Proffitt lived in her ancestral home with her family which stood in 1995 behind Cosby School.
Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 23. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 61. 'Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family', Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 25, 26.