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Louis Baxter Proffitt

Male 1886 - 1949  (63 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Louis Baxter Proffitt was born 19 Jul 1886 (son of Aaron Whaley Proffitt and Millia Sutton); died 13 Sep 1949; was buried Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in Union Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 150.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 101, 103.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 6.

    Louis — Bessie Mae Bohannon. Bessie (daughter of James Henry "Bruce" Bohanon and Emma Joselyn) was born 17 Nov 1890; died Bef 21 Mar 2002. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Bruce Proffitt died Bef 31 Jul 2006.
    2. Aaron "Ralph" Proffitt was born 1914; died 1965.
    3. Laverria Mae Proffitt was born 25 Dec 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Oct 2006, Forsyth Medical Center; was buried 23 Oct 2006, Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.
    4. James Eugene Proffitt died Bef 21 Mar 2002.
    5. Fred Dale Proffitt died Bef 21 Mar 2002.
    6. Minnie Irene Proffitt was born Abt 1924; died 21 Mar 2002, Maryville Healthcare Center; was buried 23 Mar 2002, Cedar Grove Cemetery.
    7. Wilma Irene Proffitt
    8. Helen Lagretta Proffitt

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Aaron Whaley Proffitt was born 7 May 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Jackson Proffitt and Celia McMahan); died 10 May 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQQ-4Q

    Notes:

    Bob Parton lists birth as 4 January 1860 and death as 15 May 1932.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64, 100.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 6, 8.

    Aaron married Millia Sutton 29 Dec 1881, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Millia (daughter of Lawson Sutton and Mary Jane Scroggins) was born 1 Apr 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 May 1932; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Millia Sutton was born 1 Apr 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Lawson Sutton and Mary Jane Scroggins); died 15 May 1932; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: BGW2-3V
    • Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64, 100.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 6, 8.

    Children:
    1. Algia Proffitt was born 2 Apr 1883, Tennessee; died 23 Feb 1937.
    2. Dr. Alonzo L. Proffitt was born 9 Aug 1884, Tennessee; died 13 Mar 1944; was buried Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 1. Louis Baxter Proffitt was born 19 Jul 1886; died 13 Sep 1949; was buried Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. Valaria Proffitt was born 3 Apr 1888; died 6 Aug 1952.
    5. Dallas W. Proffitt was born 11 Jul 1890, Tennessee; died 29 Jan 1942; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Elma Proffitt was born 8 Jun 1898; died 5 May 1948; was buried Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Ollie Proffitt was born 16 Apr 1902.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Jackson ProffittJames Jackson Proffitt was born 28 Jun 1819, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Benajah Proffitt and Sarah Byrd Webb); died 20 Jun 1863, Murfreesboro, Tennessee; was buried 1863, Stones River National Cemetery, Rutherford County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQN-WF

    Notes:

    Co E, 2nd Regiment of Tn. Cal.

    Died of typhoid fever in Civil War and is buried in National Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 58, 64.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 8.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.

    James married Celia McMahan 4 Mar 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee. Celia (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack") was born 7 Mar 1827, North Carolina; died 5 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Celia McMahan was born 7 Mar 1827, North Carolina (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack"); died 5 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQN-XL

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48.
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 58, 64, 105.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 8.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.

    Children:
    1. Benijah "Ben" Proffitt was born 25 Nov 1841, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Apr 1899, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Benajah Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Ann "Polly" Proffitt was born 28 Oct 1842, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1910, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. James McMahan "Jim" Proffitt was born 11 Mar 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sarah Proffitt was born 28 Oct 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1934; was buried 7 Jan 1934, Marion Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. David Proffitt was born 14 Feb 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Mar 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Pleasant P. Proffitt was born 2 Jun 1849, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. William M. "Bill" Proffitt was born 8 Aug 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Proffitt was born 1852; died See Notes.
    9. Elizabeth "Betsy" Proffitt was born 11 Sep 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1924; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. 2. Aaron Whaley Proffitt was born 7 May 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 May 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Martha S. Proffitt was born 18 Nov 1859, , Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Lawson Sutton was born 10 May 1827, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Aug 1879; was buried Sutton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1868, Lawson Sutton Homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee; Believed to be Lawson Sutton's homestead address152 Pittman Center Rd in 2015

    Lawson — Mary Jane Scroggins. Mary (daughter of Catherine) was born 8 Mar 1830, North Carolina; died 7 Dec 1899. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary Jane ScrogginsMary Jane Scroggins was born 8 Mar 1830, North Carolina (daughter of Catherine); died 7 Dec 1899.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. Lewis R. Sutton was born 16 Sep 1852, Tennessee; died 20 Jul 1882; was buried Sutton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Eliza Jane Sutton was born 24 Oct 1859, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 26 May 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 27 May 1929, Sutton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 3. Millia Sutton was born 1 Apr 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 May 1932; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Benajah Proffitt was born 1794, North Carolina (son of James Proffitt and Mary Lawson); died 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-3F

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 7.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 325.

    Benajah married Sarah Byrd Webb 1811. Sarah was born 17 Sep 1799, Virginia; died 20 Apr 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sarah Byrd Webb was born 17 Sep 1799, Virginia; died 20 Apr 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-4L

    Notes:

    In 1850 age 56.

    Some researchers list birth as 1794 and death as 1859.
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    Reference:
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 7.

    Children:
    1. 4. James Jackson Proffitt was born 28 Jun 1819, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Jun 1863, Murfreesboro, Tennessee; was buried 1863, Stones River National Cemetery, Rutherford County, Tennessee.
    2. James Proffitt was born 1822, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Mar 1863, Murfreesboro, Tennessee; was buried Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
    3. Martha Jane "Patsy" Proffitt was born 24 Jun 1827, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Mar 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Elizabeth Proffitt was born 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1859; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Sarah Elizabeth Proffitt was born 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan was born 1798, , Virginia (son of Archibald McMahan and Elizabeth Byrd); died 14 Dec 1887, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried , Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: BGW1-D9

    Notes:

    James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan went from Sevier County, Tennessee to Greenville, South Carolina via Yancy County, North Carolina to help his father, Archibald McMahan II, taking a drove of mules to market. In Yancy County, North Carolina Ned Wilson, father of Polly Ann, had a "stop" (a place for drovers to bed down, and a pen to keep the livestock). Jim Bally and his father stopped at Wilson's. Polly Ann helped serve breakfast the next morning. Jim Bally liked her looks so much that when his father paid him for his work, he bought himself a fine suit of clothes and came back to Wilson's, as Granny Mc said, "this time he came a-courting." Later they were married and he took his bride to Sevier County, Tennessee to live.

    Jim Bally McMahan was at the home of McNulty McMahan, Richardson Cove, Tennessee when he took sick and died (according to what Mrs. Lillie Templin told Fred O. McMahan).

    He was buried in a little cemetery at the top of a hill in Richardson Cove near his brother, David. A native slate stone marks his grave with no inscription.
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    Reference:
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 13, 147."Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 426.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.

    James married Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack" Yancey County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Ned Wilson and Mary Ann Gilbert) was born 24 Nov 1796, Yancey County, North Carolina; died 25 Mar 1894; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack" was born 24 Nov 1796, Yancey County, North Carolina (daughter of Ned Wilson and Mary Ann Gilbert); died 25 Mar 1894; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: BGW1-FG

    Notes:

    Born on Black Cane River and died of pneumonia.

    Rosa Lee Downey states that Granny Mc's parents came from Ireland, via England, when she was six years of age, and that one of her sisters was buried at sea. She was past 97 when she passed away.
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    Reference:
    T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 13, 147.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.

    Children:
    1. Sarah Annie "Sally" McMahan was born 20 Mar 1825, Tennessee; died 16 Mar 1845; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 5. Celia McMahan was born 7 Mar 1827, North Carolina; died 5 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Willis McMahan was born 1830, Tennessee; died Apr 1878.
    4. Mary Ann "Polly" McMahan was born 8 Mar 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jul 1911; was buried Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Elizabeth "Betsy" McMahan was born 25 Apr 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Nov 1899; was buried , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. David Balford McMahan was born 1834, Tennessee; died 1880; was buried Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    7. Clearisa McMahan was born 1840, Tennessee; died 1860.
    8. William Marvin McMahan was born Mar 1843, Tennessee; died Mar 1856.
    9. Lucinda McMahan was born 1850, Tennessee.

  5. 15.  Catherine was born Abt 1790, North Carolina.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary Jane Scroggins was born 8 Mar 1830, North Carolina; died 7 Dec 1899.


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