Go to Goggle put in either name you will see what it says Darlene ----- Original Message ----- From: <macbetty2@peoplepc.com> To: <tnmarion@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Sweetens/Sweden's Cove > Mac says he thought it was after the family that settled there and not the people from Sweden. I don't think any one knows for sure, but I am guessing some one started spelling it like it sounded and that is how it got both names. Does any one else have an opinion? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna O'Brien > To: tnmarion@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:49 AM > Subject: [TNMARION] Sweetens/Sweden's Cove > > > Does anybody know the real history behind the name? As I have family from > that area, I've always wanted to know. My Dad said that he always thought > it was named after the Sweeten/Sweeton family that lived in that area. > Others have said it's actually Sweden's Cove named after the Swedish > settlers of the area. > > As early as 1830, Moses and John Sweeten were living in Marion County. By > 1850, there was a Joseph Sweeten living in Dist. 12 -- was that the same > area as the current Sweeten's Cove? > > > Thanks, > Donna > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- macbetty2@peoplepc.com > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- macbetty2@peoplepc.com > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message