James Grant 'Jim' Proffitt

b 10 Jul 1909,
d 25 Oct 1979, Benajah Proffitt >
bur , Sevier, Tennessee James Jackson Proffitt Sarah Byrd
James McMahan 'Jim' Proffitt b 28 Jun 1819 James Balford 'Jim_Bally' McMahan >
| b 11 Mar 1844 Celia McMahan Mary Ann 'Polly' Wilson, 'Granny Mack' >
Pleasant A. 'Pleas' Proffitt  d 11 Feb 1913 b 07 Mar 1827 Middleton Whaley >
|b 02 Dec 1878 | Aaron Whaley Rebecca Ogle >
|d 13 Jan 1965 Martha Whaley b 02 Jan 1823 John Ownby >
|  b 25 Sep 1843 Sarah Elmira 'Sally' Ownby Mary Jane 'Granny' Coone >
James Grant 'Jim' Proffitt  d 27 Dec 1912 b 1822 William Abijah Maples >
|Lillian Gray James Madison Maples Elizabeth McMahan >
| George P. Maples b 24 Mar 1837 Nathaniel King, Jr. >
| |b 02 Nov 1858 Nancy Adeline King Sarah 'Sally' Ogle >
Miriam Maples  d 23 Mar 1930 b 1838 James McCarter >
 b 12 Oct 1881 | Thomas McCarter Rebecca Ogle >
 d 28 Sep 1975 Mary Ann McCarter b 18 Jan 1811 John Ownby >
 b Aug1859 Mary Ownby Mary Jane 'Granny' Coone >
  b 1814

Children

1 < Helen Sue Proffitt
2 Barbara Ann Proffitt

Notes

Jim Proffitt's picture is in Okeluftee Museum, Cherokee, North Carolina.

Buried in Proffit Cemetery in the Glades.

SMHS lists middle initial 'C'.

Source: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 79, 80. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 554.


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