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
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