Samuel 'Sam' Rolen

b 31 Jan 1847,
d 16 Nov 1889,
bur , Sevier, Tennessee		William Rolen
	James Rolen
	\| d 1813
Joab Rolen
\|b 07 Feb 1808	\|
\|d 19 Apr 1895	Sally Smith
\|
Samuel 'Sam' Rolen
\|		Archibald 'Redmond' McMahan
\|	Archibald McMahan	b 1731
\|	\|b 1773	McNulty
Anna McMahan	d 27 Feb 1853
b 27 Apr 1809	\|	George Byrd
d 28 Jul 1900	Elizabeth Byrd
	b 1777	Mary
	d 1844

Notes

Sam Rolen was appointed Postmaster in Jones Cove 23 August 1875. He had also served as Sherriff of Sevier County, Tennessee, a Representative in Tennessee State Legislature and was owner/publisher of the county newspaper.

Never married.

Buried in Proffitt Cemetery.

Source: T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64. 'Smoky Mountain Family Album,' Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 170. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 498. 'Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family', Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 5. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, 325.

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