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Female 1909 - 1982  (72 years)


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  1. 1.  Hazel Proffitt was born 21 Jul 1909 (daughter of John Proffitt and Rachel Shultz); died 30 May 1982; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 90.

    Hazel married Levator McCarter 27 Dec 1949. Levator was born 1 Sep 1902; died 8 Mar 1977; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Hazel — Walter G. Hayes. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Proffitt was born 22 Mar 1871, Tennessee (son of David Proffitt and Mary "Polly" Whaley); died 19 Feb 1936; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Hump back.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 53.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 89, 90.

    John — Rachel Shultz. Rachel (daughter of Phillip Shultz and Arbizena McCarter) was born 8 Apr 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Jul 1949; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rachel Shultz was born 8 Apr 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Phillip Shultz and Arbizena McCarter); died 31 Jul 1949; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 53.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 89, 90.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 342.
    James Shults GEDCOM, Jamesshults@worldnet.att.net, July 1996.

    Children:
    1. Elmer Proffitt was born 18 Mar 1897, Tennessee; died 17 Jul 1981; was buried Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Lawrence A. Proffitt was born 21 Oct 1900, Tennessee; died 27 Apr 1971; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Glen Proffitt was born 16 Mar 1902; died 25 Jan 1925; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Bruce Proffitt was born 25 Jan 1904, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1979; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Myrtle Proffitt was born 11 Mar 1906, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 May 1989; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 1. Hazel Proffitt was born 21 Jul 1909; died 30 May 1982; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  David ProffittDavid Proffitt was born 14 Feb 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Jackson Proffitt and Celia McMahan); died 29 Mar 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQQ-02

    Notes:

    David Proffitt served in Co. E 2nd Tenn Cav. in the Civil War. He was buried in
    the Ownby Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    Joe Payne lists death as 4 March 1866.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 53, 97, 115,
    117.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 63, 64, 89.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 35, 203.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 187.

    David married Mary "Polly" Whaley 4 Mar 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Aaron Whaley and Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby) was born 1851, Tennessee; died 1880/1889. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary "Polly" Whaley was born 1851, Tennessee (daughter of Aaron Whaley and Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby); died 1880/1889.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: BGW2-2P

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 53, 97.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 63, 64, 89.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9.
    Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.

    Children:
    1. James Proffitt was born Abt 1867; died Bef 1870.
    2. Aaron A. Proffitt was born 25 Dec 1868, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1941, Sampter, Baker County, Oregon; was buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Baker, Baker County, Oregon.
    3. Lucinda Proffitt was born 1870, Tennessee.
    4. 2. John Proffitt was born 22 Mar 1871, Tennessee; died 19 Feb 1936; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Martha Ellen Proffitt was born 29 Jul 1873, Tennessee; died Bef 1 Jun 1900.
    6. Deborah Proffitt was born 23 Dec 1875, Tennessee.
    7. Samuel Proffitt was born 30 Dec 1878, Tennessee.
    8. Oscar Proffitt was born 16 Dec 1880, Tennessee.
    9. Isham G. H. Proffitt was born 30 Oct 1883, Tennessee; died 3 May 1960, Knox County, Tennessee.
    10. Caldonia Proffitt was born 5 Jul 1885.

  3. 6.  Phillip ShultzPhillip Shultz was born 18 Jul 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Perry M. Shultz and Adeline Huskey); died 15 Dec 1923; was buried Shults-Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 17, 18, 63, 65, 106.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 341, 342.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 252.

    Phillip married Arbizena McCarter 17 Apr 1877, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Arbizena (daughter of James McCarter and Sophia Trentham) was born 4 Apr 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Feb 1930; was buried Shults-Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Arbizena McCarterArbizena McCarter was born 4 Apr 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James McCarter and Sophia Trentham); died 25 Feb 1930; was buried Shults-Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 17, 18, 63, 65, 106.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 342.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 252.

    Children:
    1. 3. Rachel Shultz was born 8 Apr 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Jul 1949; was buried Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. James Phillip Shultz was born 18 Nov 1882, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Aug 1952; was buried Hurst Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Shultz was born Abt 1885; died See Notes.
    4. Hettie Shultz was born Feb 1889; died 1948.
    5. Shultz was born Abt 1892; died See Notes.
    6. Shultz was born 1895; died See Notes.
    7. Earnest Shultz was born 12 Jul 1898, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Apr 1986; was buried Shults-Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Pearl Shultz was born 1900.
    9. Kenneth Shultz was born 19 Sep 1902; died 12 Oct 1904; was buried Shults-Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Arthur Alvin Shults was born 28 Nov 1904, Tennessee; died 23 May 1987; was buried Shults Cemetery, Rocky Flats, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Homer Shultz was born 17 May 1907, Tennessee; died 23 Nov 1949, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Nov 1949, Headrick Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  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. 4. 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. 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. 10.  Aaron WhaleyAaron Whaley was born 2 Jan 1823, Tennessee (son of Middleton Whaley and Rebecca Ogle); died 8 Jun 1908; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee and also in the 1900 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 20, 45, 48, 67, 97.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 55, 107.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 189, 228.

    Aaron married Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby 2 Oct 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of John Ownby and Mary Jane "Granny" Coone) was born 18 Mar 1823, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 2 Dec 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Dec 1919, Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah Elmira "Sally" OwnbySarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby was born 18 Mar 1823, Rutherford County, North Carolina (daughter of John Ownby and Mary Jane "Granny" Coone); died 2 Dec 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Dec 1919, Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    SMHS lists birth as 1827 and death as 19 September 1920.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 20, 45, 48, 67, 97.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 55, 107.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 189, 207, 228.

    Children:
    1. Martha Whaley was born 25 Sep 1843, Tennessee; died 27 Dec 1912; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Whaley was born Abt 1845; died Bef 1850.
    3. John Dudley Whaley was born 9 May 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 May 1924, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 4 May 1924, Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Middleton Whaley, II was born Oct 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900.
    5. 5. Mary "Polly" Whaley was born 1851, Tennessee; died 1880/1889.
    6. Samuel Whaley was born 17 Aug 1854, Tennessee; died 19 Jun 1936; was buried Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    7. Aaron Whaley, Jr. was born 1855; died Bef 1870.
    8. George Andrew Whaley was born Jun 1858, Tennessee; died 19 Jul 1934; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Sarah Whaley was born 1861, Tennessee; died See Notes.
    10. James B. Whaley was born Jun 1864, Tennessee; died 27 Feb 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Feb 1928, Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. William Henderson Whaley was born 1 Jan 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Jul 1946, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  Perry M. Shultz was born 6 Jan 1822, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Phillip S. Shultz and Elizabeth Huskey); died 5 Oct 1889; was buried Shults Cemetery, Cobbly Knob, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 94.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 17.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 341, 342.

    Perry married Adeline Huskey Abt 1848, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Adeline (daughter of William M. Huskey and Dorothy "Dolly" Trotter) was born 1829, Tennessee; died Aft 1900; was buried Shults Cemetery, Cobbly Knob, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Adeline Huskey was born 1829, Tennessee (daughter of William M. Huskey and Dorothy "Dolly" Trotter); died Aft 1900; was buried Shults Cemetery, Cobbly Knob, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 94.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 17.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 341, 342.

    Children:
    1. George Hunt Shultz was born 1 Mar 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 1909, Oklahoma.
    2. 6. Phillip Shultz was born 18 Jul 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Dec 1923; was buried Shults-Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Caroline Matilda Shultz was born Oct 1854, Tennessee; died Aft 1900; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Oscar Shultz was born 5 Feb 1856, Tennessee; died 3 Feb 1903; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  James McCarter was born 7 May 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John McCarter and Nancy Anderson); died 28 May 1898; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 18, 63, 102, 106, 142.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 342.

    James married Sophia Trentham 1 Jul 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sophia (daughter of William Thomas Trentham and Easter Ogle) was born 31 May 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1919; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Sophia TrenthamSophia Trentham was born 31 May 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William Thomas Trentham and Easter Ogle); died 13 Jan 1919; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 18, 63, 102, 106, 141, 142.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 342.

    Children:
    1. 7. Arbizena McCarter was born 4 Apr 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Feb 1930; was buried Shults-Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Stephen McCarter was born 30 May 1867, Tennessee.
    3. Mitchell Wynn McCarter was born 6 May 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1936; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Sophia McCarter was born 16 Nov 1872; died 21 Dec 1875; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. James Henry McCarter was born 5 Sep 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 1943; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Rachel McCarter was born 5 Sep 1874, Tennessee.


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