Samuel "Sam" Rolen: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Samuel "Sam" Rolen was born 31 Jan 1847, Tennessee; died 16 Nov 1889; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

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.
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Reference:
T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 170.
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 5.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 325.