James Jackson Proffitt^[1]

1819 - 1863  (43 years)

• Name	James Jackson Proffitt
  Born	28 Jun 1819	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	1TQN-WF
  Buried	1863	Stones River National Cemetery, Rutherford County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	20 Jun 1863	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
  Person ID	I6333	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	26 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Benajah Proffitt,   b. 1794, North Carolina ,   d. 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Sarah Byrd Webb,   b. 17 Sep 1799, Virginia ,   d. 20 Apr 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1811
  Family ID	F808	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Lucy Huff
  Family ID	F13808	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	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
  Children	+ 1. Benijah "Ben" Proffitt,   b. 25 Nov 1841, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Apr 1899, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 57 years) + 2. Mary Ann "Polly" Proffitt,   b. 28 Oct 1842, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Apr 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 66 years) + 3. James McMahan "Jim" Proffitt,   b. 11 Mar 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Feb 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 68 years) + 4. Sarah Proffitt,   b. 28 Oct 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Jan 1934  (Age 88 years) + 5. David Proffitt,   b. 14 Feb 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Mar 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 62 years) + 6. Pleasant P. Proffitt,   b. 2 Jun 1849, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Mar 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 75 years) + 7. William M. "Bill" Proffitt,   b. 8 Aug 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 57 years)   8. Proffitt,   b. 1852,   d. See Notes + 9. Elizabeth "Betsy" Proffitt,   b. 11 Sep 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Mar 1924  (Age 69 years) + 10. Aaron Whaley Proffitt,   b. 7 May 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 May 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 56 years)   11. Martha S. Proffitt,   b. 18 Nov 1859, , Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F2395	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Jun 1819 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 4 Mar 1841 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 1863 - Stones River National Cemetery, Rutherford County, Tennessee Died - 20 Jun 1863 - Murfreesboro, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Co E, 2nd Regiment of Tn. Cal. Died of typhoid fever in Civil War and is buried in National Cemetery. ---------- 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Mary McCarter Willcox [willcox@zoomtown.com], 21 Jun 2010. Death: 20 Jan 1863, died of fever in hospital at camp near Murfreesboro, Tenn. pp.6,7,8,9,11 of Civil War Service Record of Jackson Prophet Also lists his physical description as "43 years old, 5 feet 8 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair." Enlisted 16 Sept 1862 at Sevierville [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 41, page 387a, line 15, 15 Aug 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0384a.txt [S114] Cemetery. LAST NAME: PROFFITT FIRST NAME: JAMES MIDDLE NAME: RANK: PRIVATE STATE: TENNESSEE REGIMENT: 2ND CAVALRY COMPANY: E DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF DEATH: 04-03-1863 PLACE OF DEATH: MURFREESBORO GRAVE NUMBER: C-1090 http://www.stonesrivernc.org