Benijah "Ben" Proffitt

1841 - 1899  (57 years)

• Name	Benijah "Ben" Proffitt
  Born	25 Nov 1841	Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	1TQP-WK
  Died	8 Apr 1899	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Buried	Benajah Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I3318	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	James Jackson Proffitt,   b. 28 Jun 1819, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Jun 1863, Murfreesboro, Tennessee  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Celia McMahan,   b. 7 Mar 1827, North Carolina ,   d. 5 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 68 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1841	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F2395	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Appie Ogle,   b. 17 Nov 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Jan 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 75 years)
  Married	15 May 1863
  Children	+ 1. James "Jim" Proffitt,   b. 22 Apr 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Jul 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 35 years)   2. Elisha Jackson Proffitt,   b. 26 Sep 1867, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Apr 1891  (Age 23 years) + 3. Mary "Polly" Proffitt,   b. 1869, , Sevier County, Tennessee + 4. Bedia Proffitt,   b. 14 Feb 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 May 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 58 years)   5. Kimsey Proffitt,   b. 9 Aug 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Aug 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years) + 6. Lawson A. Proffitt,   b. 9 Aug 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Mar 1960  (Age 87 years) + 7. Caloway "Cal" Proffitt,   b. 3 Oct 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Jan 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 67 years) + 8. John West Proffitt,   b. 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee + 9. Sanders S. "San" Proffitt,   b. 6 Dec 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Dec 1950, McMinn County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)   10. Sarah Proffitt,   b. 8 May 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Jun 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years)   11. Hammer Proffitt,   b. 16 Sep 1881,   d. 5 Oct 1881  (Age 0 years) + 12. Laura Proffitt,   b. 1884, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jan 1959  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1281	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Nov 1841 - Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 8 Apr 1899 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Benajah Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 97. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64. Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995. "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9. Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 312.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 453a, 2 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0453a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 41, page 387a, line 17, 15 Aug 1850. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0384a.txt [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 555.