| James Jackson Proffitt | > | James McMahan 'Jim' Proffitt | Celia McMahan | > |
| David Jackson Proffitt | b 11 Mar 1844 | Aaron Whaley | > | |
| | b 25 Aug 1866 | Martha Whaley | Sarah Elmira 'Sally' Ownby | > | |
| Proffitt | d 13 Jul 1906 | b 25 Sep 1843 | Jacob Hickam | > |
| | | | | Robert Burton 'Bob' Hickam | Sarah 'Sallie' Hunter | > |
| | | Mary Jane Hickam | b 04 Feb 1844 | Jesse Plemmons | |
| | | b 10 Sep 1868 | Jane Elizabeth Plemmons | Mary Hipps | |
| Rex Proffitt | d 11 Nov 1957 | |||
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Source: 'Smoky Mountain Family Album,' Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 286.