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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lester Proffitt (son of David Hopper Proffitt and Ola Huff).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David Hopper Proffitt was born 2 Oct 1885 (son of David L. Proffitt and Susan Augusta Lillard); died 16 Apr 1965; was buried Waters Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    David — Ola Huff. Ola (daughter of Dr. John H. Huff and Nancy Cordelia "Delia" Proffitt) was born 15 Dec 1898; died 26 Nov 1989; was buried Waters Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ola Huff was born 15 Dec 1898 (daughter of Dr. John H. Huff and Nancy Cordelia "Delia" Proffitt); died 26 Nov 1989; was buried Waters Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. 1. Lester Proffitt
    2. Colman Proffitt
    3. Ilena Ruth Proffitt


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  David L. Proffitt was born 1855, , Tennessee (son of Pleasant Proffitt and Margaret King); died 1885, St Augustine, Florida.

    Notes:

    David died while stationed with the Army in St. Augustine, Florida, he is buried
    in the Military Cemetery there.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 252.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 60.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    David — Susan Augusta Lillard. Susan (daughter of Lillard) was born 1861, Tennessee; died 1945. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Susan Augusta Lillard was born 1861, Tennessee (daughter of Lillard); died 1945.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 252.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 60.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. Lou Proffitt was born 9 Sep 1879; died 2 Jun 1916.
    2. Florence Proffitt
    3. Evie L Proffitt was born Abt 1882, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 6 Mar 1966, Greene County, Tennessee.
    4. 2. David Hopper Proffitt was born 2 Oct 1885; died 16 Apr 1965; was buried Waters Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Dr. John H. Huff was born 1874, Cocke County, Tennessee (son of Samuel L. Huff and Sara Williams); died 1959; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Doctor, practiced medicine for fifty years.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 61.
    "Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 27.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 232.

    John — Nancy Cordelia "Delia" Proffitt. Nancy (daughter of David Proffitt and Elizabeth Rolen) was born 1872, Tennessee; died 1942; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Nancy Cordelia "Delia" Proffitt was born 1872, Tennessee (daughter of David Proffitt and Elizabeth Rolen); died 1942; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 61.
    "Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 27.

    Children:
    1. 3. Ola Huff was born 15 Dec 1898; died 26 Nov 1989; was buried Waters Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Lawrence Victor Huff was born 29 Mar 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1958; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Lonas Huff died Bef 21 Dec 2005.
    4. Larnnie O. Huff was born 8 Feb 1904, Tennessee; died 8 Mar 1982; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Lawton Otis Huff was born 29 Sep 1906; died 17 Sep 1987; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Ella Mae Huff died INFANT.
    7. Ora Jane Huff was born 15 Feb 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 May 2006; was buried 21 May 2006, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    8. Beulah Huff was born 16 Aug 1911; died 24 Dec 1990.
    9. Sarah Elizabeth Huff was born Abt 1914; died 21 Dec 2005, Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee; was buried 23 Dec 2005, Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Pleasant Proffitt was born 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Samuel Proffitt and Sarah B. Webb); died 1861/1862, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQQ-TC

    Notes:

    Age 26 in 1850.

    Killed by "Bush Whackers" near Newport (Chestnut Hill)

    Joe Payne lists death as 1891.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 174, 252.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58, 59.
    Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 8.

    Pleasant married Margaret King Abt 1851, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of Nathaniel King, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Ogle) was born 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Margaret King was born 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Nathaniel King, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Ogle).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 252.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58, 60.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. John Proffitt was born 1852, , Tennessee.
    2. 4. David L. Proffitt was born 1855, , Tennessee; died 1885, St Augustine, Florida.
    3. Proffitt was born Abt 1858.
    4. Proffitt was born Abt 1860; died See Notes.
    5. William M. Proffitt was born 24 Dec 1862, Tennessee; died 19 Apr 1939; was buried Waters-Large Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    6. Isaac Proffitt was born 29 Aug 1865, Tennessee.
    7. Martha Jane Proffitt was born 15 Jan 1867, Tennessee.
    8. Mary Ellen Proffitt was born 15 Apr 1870, Cosby, Tennessee; died 9 Sep 1933, Hillsboro, Hill, Texas.
    9. James Proffitt was born Abt 1872, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Lillard

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 60.

    Children:
    1. 5. Susan Augusta Lillard was born 1861, Tennessee; died 1945.
    2. John Lillard

  4. 12.  Samuel L. Huff was born 7 Mar 1850, Tennessee (son of John Huff and Rebecca Large); died 29 Oct 1935; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Farmer and great hunter. Lived for some time in the Bogard community in Cocke
    County, Tennessee, but later moved back to Sevier County, Tennessee in the Pearl
    Valley Community.
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    Reference:
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 475.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 231, 232.

    Samuel — Sara Williams. Sara was born 8 Dec 1846; died 8 Oct 1904; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  5. 13.  Sara Williams was born 8 Dec 1846; died 8 Oct 1904; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    A neighbor girl of Samuel.
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    Reference:
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 231.

    Children:
    1. Eva Florence Huff was born 19 Jun 1876; died 24 Jul 1877; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 6. Dr. John H. Huff was born 1874, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 1959; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. James Curtis Huff was born 8 Mar 1881, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 14 Oct 1959; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. George W. Huff was born 24 Nov 1882; died 12 Jun 1967; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Cora Huff was born 4 Nov 1884, Tennessee; died 16 Nov 1966; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Elizabeth Huff died See Notes.
    7. Rebecca May Huff was born 27 Sep 1886; died 8 Oct 1886; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  6. 14.  David Proffitt was born 12 Dec 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Samuel Proffitt and Sarah B. Webb); died 10 Oct 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQQ-PN

    Notes:

    Age 18 in 1850.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58, 60.
    "Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 4.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 325.

    David married Elizabeth Rolen 22 Jan 1862. Elizabeth (daughter of Joab Rolen and Anna McMahan) was born 10 Mar 1837, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Mar 1888; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  7. 15.  Elizabeth Rolen was born 10 Mar 1837, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Joab Rolen and Anna McMahan); died 4 Mar 1888; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 59, 60.
    "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 4.
    Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.

    Children:
    1. George W. Proffitt was born 1864, Tennessee.
    2. James R. Proffitt was born 4 Sep 1866, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1924; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Martha Jane Proffitt was born 12 Apr 1869, Tennessee; died 26 Nov 1936; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 7. Nancy Cordelia "Delia" Proffitt was born 1872, Tennessee; died 1942; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Joab B. "Joe" Proffitt was born 18 Mar 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Apr 1934, Proffitt Cemetery, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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