James McMahan "Jim" Proffitt^[1]

1844 - 1913  (68 years)

• Name	James McMahan "Jim" Proffitt
  Born	11 Mar 1844	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Feb 1913	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Buried	P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I1189	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	Martha Whaley,   b. 25 Sep 1843, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Dec 1912  (Age 69 years)
  Married	16 Jan 1862	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Celia Proffitt,   b. 4 Dec 1862, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Jun 1951  (Age 88 years) + 2. Susan A. "Susie" Proffitt,   b. 4 Jun 1865, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Oct 1902  (Age 37 years) + 3. David Jackson Proffitt,   b. 25 Aug 1866, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Jul 1906  (Age 39 years) + 4. Sarah "Sallie" Proffitt,   b. 30 Nov 1868, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Jul 1896  (Age 27 years) + 5. Mary Ellen Proffitt,   b. 13 Jan 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee + 6. Martha Cordelia Proffitt,   b. 16 Mar 1873, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Mar 1936  (Age 62 years)   7. Nancy Lucy Proffitt,   b. 6 Sep 1875, Tennessee + 8. Pleasant Andrew "Pleas" Proffitt,   b. 2 Dec 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Jan 1965  (Age 86 years) + 9. Alia Z. Proffitt,   b. 16 Jan 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Mar 1905  (Age 25 years) + 10. Laurinda Proffitt,   b. 21 Aug 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Apr 1970  (Age 87 years) + 11. James Pentland "Jim" Proffitt,   b. 20 Dec 1886, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Sep 1950  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F434	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Mar 1844 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 16 Jan 1862 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 11 Feb 1913 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - P. A. 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, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48, 97. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64, 71. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 108. 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 181. "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 249.

  
  

• 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 James M. PROFFITT Self M M W 36 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN Martha PROFFITT Wife F M W 36 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: NC David J. PROFFITT Son M S W 13 TN Occ: Laborer Fa: TN Mo: TN Sallie PROFFITT Dau F S W 11 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Mary E. PROFFITT Dau F S W 9 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Martha C. PROFFITT Dau F S W 7 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Nancy L. PROFFITT Dau F S W 4 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Plesant PROFFITT Son M S W 2 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Aley PROFFITT Dau F S W 4M TN Fa: TN Mo: TN [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 342a, 21 Jul 1870. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 41, page 387a, line 19, 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), 554.