Joab Rolen

1808 - 1895  (87 years)

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• Name	Joab Rolen
  Born	7 Feb 1808	Tennessee   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Apr 1895
  Buried	Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I25810	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	James Rolen,   d. Abt 1813, Cosby, Tennessee
  Mother	Sally Smith
  Married	Abt 1807
  Family ID	F15357	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Anna McMahan,   b. 27 Apr 1809, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Jul 1900  (Age 91 years)
  Children	+ 1. Jane "Jennie" Rolen,   b. 25 Apr 1829, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Jul 1904  (Age 75 years)   2. Archibald "Bachelor" Rolen,   b. 4 Jul 1832, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Aug 1914  (Age 82 years) + 3. James Rolen,   b. Abt 1835/1837, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Mar 1864  (Age ~ 27 years) + 4. Elizabeth Rolen,   b. 10 Mar 1837, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Mar 1888  (Age 50 years) + 5. George W. Rolen,   b. 12 Jan 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Feb 1919  (Age 81 years) + 6. Wilson Rolen,   b. 13 Apr 1839, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Feb 1904  (Age 64 years) + 7. Queenie Agatha Rolen,   b. 5 Nov 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Apr 1930  (Age 88 years)   8. Hyson Harrison Rolen,   b. 14 Jun 1845, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Nov 1865  (Age 20 years)   9. Samuel "Sam" Rolen,   b. 31 Jan 1847, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Nov 1889  (Age 42 years)   10. Rolen,   d. See Notes
  Family ID	F13222	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Feb 1808 - Tennessee Buried - - 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

  Joab was raised by his wifes parents. It is said that Joab had more land than any one in the 1st district of Sevier County, Tennessee. ---------- Reference: "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 58. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 170. "A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen Stucker, 1980, p 1. "Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 1. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 325.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 330b, 27 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0330b.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 37, page 386b, line 24, 15 Aug 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0384a.txt [S92] Cocke County, Tennessee Census, 304B, 1880. Census Place: Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 304B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Joab ROLLEN Self M M W 72 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: SC Mo: SC Anna ROLLEN Wife F M W 69 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: NC Samuel ROLLEN Son M S W 30 TN Occ: Farm Labor Fa: TN Mo: NC [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 497.