Rev John Profitt was born on 28 August 1727 St.
James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia and died on 15
November 1813 in Wilkes Co NC. John was the son of
Sylvester Profitt
(aka Prophet)
and Alice Pleasant.
John married on 10 March 1757 in St James Northam
Parish, Goochland Co VA to Susannah Arrington. She was born about 1739 in
Goochland Co VA and died after 1814 in Wilkes Co NC. She was the daughter
William Arrington and Mary Susannah Unknown. Children of John Profitt and
Susannah Arrington;
Sylvester Profitt was
born 18 April 1758 and died after 1850 in Camp Branch, Perry Co KY.
Sylvester married on 26 April 1782 in Wilkes Co NC to Nancy Tompkins, the
daughter of James Tompkins and Elizabeth Coleman.
Nancy Tompkins was born between 1760 and 1769 in
Wilkes Co NC and died between 1811 and 1814 at Camp Branch, Letcher County,
Kentucky .
William Profitt was born 8 July 1759 in Goochland Co VA
and died 7 July 1823 in Wilkes Co NC.
William married Elizabeth Elmore,
the daughter of Thomas Elmore and Rhoda Thornton. Elizabeth Elmore was
born 20 June 1771 and died June 1862.
Pleasant Profitt
was born about 1760 in Goochland VA and died 8 August 1818 in Madison Co
KY.
Pleasant married on 19 December 1792 in Madison Co Ky to Mary Martin.
Mary Martin died about 1839 in Chariton Co MO.
Mary Elizabeth Profitt was born 31 January 1764 in Goochland Co VA. Mary married Jesse
Sperry.
James Profitt was born 26 Jan 1766 in Goochland Co VA and
died 20 Nov 1846 at Elk Shoales, Yancey County, North Carolina. James married Mary Polly Lawson.
Mary Clawson (aka Lawson) was born 19 September 1774 in Halifax Co VA and
died 22 November 1850 in Elk Shoals, Yancy Co NC.
David Profitt was born 31 May 1769 in Goochland Co VA and died young.
Martha Profitt was
born 7 August 1771 in Goochland Co VA.
Nancy Profitt was
born 10 October 1780 in Wilkes Co NC. Nancy Profitt married 10 October
1799 to James Fletcher.
Lydia Profitt was
born about 1782 in North Carolina. Lydia Profitt married 7 September 1801
in North Carolina to Joshua Suther.
Samuel Profitt was
born about 1784 in NC. Samuel Profitt married 31 August 1804 in NC to Lucy
Shumate.
Sarah Profitt was born about 1786 in NC. Sarah married 9
November 1804 in NC to William M Badger.
Mary Polly Profitt
was born about 1788 in NC. Mary Polly Profitt married 3 November 1811 in
NC to Coleman Ferguson.
More about Rev John Profitt
(Source)
John moved to Wilkes Cony, North Carolina from
Goochland County, Virginia in 1772. He was a minister of the Old Roaring River
Baptist Church. Pastor, Cub Creek Church, Wilkes, NC from 1796-1811 and lived on
the Yadkin River near Wildesboro, North Carolina. John's will was probated in
May 1814.
Source: Ashe County, NC Heritage Book, Profitt Families in Ashe County, NC
descended from John Proffitt, Federal census of Ashe & Wilkes County and court
house records of Ashe & Wilkes Co., NC.[winch2.FTW]
John moved to Wilkes Co, North Carolina from Goochland County, Virginia in 1772.
He was a minister of the Old Roaring River Baptist Church. Pastor, Cub Creek
Church, Wilkes, NC from 1796-1811 and lived on the Yadkin River near Wildesboro,
North Carolina. John's will was probated in May 1814.
Source: Ashe County, NC Heritage Book, Profitt Families in Ashe County, NC
descended from John Proffitt, Federal census of Ashe & Wilkes County and court
house records of Ashe & Wilkes Co., NC.
