David Proffitt^{[1, 2]}

1847 - 1909  (62 years)

• Name	David Proffitt
  Born	14 Feb 1847	Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	1TQQ-02
  Died	29 Mar 1909	Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Buried	Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I5399	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2012

  
  

  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 1	Mary "Polly" Whaley,   b. 1851, Tennessee ,   d. 1880/1889  (Age 38 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1866	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	1. James Proffitt,   b. Abt 1867,   d. Bef 1870  (Age ~ 2 years) + 2. Aaron A. Proffitt,   b. 25 Dec 1868, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Oct 1941, Sampter, Baker County, Oregon  (Age 72 years)   3. Lucinda Proffitt,   b. 1870, Tennessee + 4. John Proffitt,   b. 22 Mar 1871, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Feb 1936  (Age 64 years) + 5. Martha Ellen Proffitt,   b. 29 Jul 1873, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 1 Jun 1900  (Age < 26 years) + 6. Deborah Proffitt,   b. 23 Dec 1875, Tennessee + 7. Samuel Proffitt,   b. 30 Dec 1878, Tennessee   8. Oscar Proffitt,   b. 16 Dec 1880, Tennessee + 9. Isham G. H. Proffitt,   b. 30 Oct 1883, Tennessee ,   d. 3 May 1960, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)   10. Caldonia Proffitt,   b. 5 Jul 1885
  Family ID	F11345	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Emoline Henderson
  Family ID	F21138	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Jane Ownby,   b. 19 Aug 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Mar 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Married	26 May 1896
  Children	1. Julius Jackson Proffitt,   b. 10 Nov 1900,   d. 22 Mar 1964, Chula Vista, California  (Age 63 years) + 2. Otis Lavator Proffitt,   b. 11 Nov 1902, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Sep 1988  (Age 85 years) + 3. Dora Arletta Proffitt,   b. 19 Mar 1906, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Mar 1987  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F2040	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 Feb 1847 - Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 4 Mar 1866 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 29 Mar 1909 - Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Ownby 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

  
  

• Photos

  Dave Proffitt Home about 1903 Cropped from left side of picture are Mary Jane (Ownby) Mayes Proffitt in door holding Otis Lavator Proffitt and in left foreground Julius Jackson Proffitt.

  
  

  Headstones		David Proffitt Co. E. 2 Tenn. Cav.
  		David Proffitt 1846 - 1909

  
  

• 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. ---------- 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 323B, 1880. Census Place: Emerts Cove, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 323B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace David PROFFITT Self M M W 33 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN Mary PROFFITT Wife F M W 29 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN Aaron PROFFITT Son M S W 11 TN Occ: Laborer Fa: TN Mo: TN John PROFFITT Son M S W 9 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Martha E. PROFFITT Dau F S W 7 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN de Bory PROFFITT Dau F S W 5 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Samyal PROFFITT Son M S W 2 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Lucinda MC MAHAN Dau F S W 10 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN [S135] Mountain Ways, Gene Aiken, (1983), 35. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 341b, 20 Jul 1870. C:\My Documents\Genealogy\SevierCensus1870\0341b.gif [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 708. Proffitt-David 1846 1909 Co. # 2nd Tenn Cav. Proffitt-David 14 Feb 1847 29 Mar 1909 2nd h/o Mary Ownby Co. E 2 Tn. Cav.