Thank you Darlene -- appreciate having that as my google sure didn't come up with those -- strange huh? ----- Original Message ----- From: Darlene To: tnmarion@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Sweetens/Sweden's Cove Betty try this site but since I do not know Tn area it may be wrong Cove but it mention Sweetens as it original named for Early Settlers http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Sweden+Cove&btnG=Google+Search ----- Original Message ----- From: <macbetty2@peoplepc.com> To: <tnmarion@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Sweetens/Sweden's Cove > you are so right Bill-- and that explains it in a nutshell!! > Also my google must be not working properly or something ---as when I googled it I couldn't find anything on the origin of the name. Darlene could you send to the list the address of the web site you found where it says where the name came from please? Thanks > Betty > ----- Original Message ----- > From: bill > To: tnmarion@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Sweetens/Sweden's Cove > > > The people that live there still argue over what the name really is. The > earliest map I've see (1865) calls it Sweedens Cove. The 1940's soil survey > maps call it Swedens Cove and the current official Tennessee county map > calls it Sweetens Cove. > > District 11 was Sweeden's Cove. District 12 was Monteagle and Tracy City > which became a part of Grundy county in 1868. > > Bill Mc > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna O'Brien" <obrien729@sbcglobal.net> > To: <tnmarion@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:49 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. 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