Proffitt Cemetery
Located across from 236 Royal Drive and behind 225 Royal Drive in the Royal Pines subdivision, Colonial Heights, Sullivan County, Tennessee. The cemetery is fenced on two sides and well cared for. There were at least two unmarked graves and four graves marked by fieldstones. The cemetery is set-aside in the deeds.
Photographed and transcribed 17 Mar 2005 by Donna Briggs, part of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Map location: Boone Dam Quad
GPS location: 36 °27.34.N 082 °28.25W Elevation: 1492 ft.
NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
COMMENTS |
Proffitt, William B., Sr. |
2 Apr 1803 | 28 Dec 1878 | |
Proffitt, Emily Hodge |
16 Apr 1812 | 8 Jan 1880 | Wife of W. B. Proffitt |
Profitt, William B., Jr. |
19 Oct 1851 | 24 Feb 1873 | Son of W. B. and Emily Profitt |
Isenberg, John L. |
29 Dec 1848 | 9 Dec 1922 | |
Douglas, J. L. |
1850 | 1901 |
Additional Information
1860 Census of Sullivan County, Tennessee, District 14, page 34
#240-240
DOUGLASS, Jacob 62
Mary 52
John B. 26
Bettie 23
Julie 20
Matison 18
Sarah 16
Jacob L. 10
Elbert 7
#247-247
PROFFIT, William B. 59
Emily 48
Emily H. 19
Catherine M. 16
Sarry Ann 12
Eliza Ann 8
William B. 8
Sullivan County, Tennessee marriage records show a marriage record for Jno. L. Isenberg and Emily Profitt, dated 6 Aug 1874.
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