One interpretation: "Sweet Lips was a rifle used by Robert Young, a 64-year-old Blue Ridge frontiersman, who fatally shot Major Patrick Ferguson, commander of the British troops during the American Revolution. This event broke the spirit of the British, marked a turning point in the war, and eventually led to British surrender at Yorktown in 1781." See more here: http://www.tenntravelnews.com/media/LocalNews.asp?ID=299 Another interpretation: "So named for the Civil War soldiers who stopped for a drink at the stream." See more here: http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/atplay/package.jsp?name=atplay/pm/oddesttownnames/oddesttownnames ----- Original Message ----- From: <FayeStry@aol.com> To: <tnmcnair@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [TNMCNAIR] Spanish place names > How did the town or area of Sweet Lips get its name? > > Faye > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNMCNAIR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A man once stopped by the spring to get a drink of water and he said "this is so sweet to my lips." Don't know if he was a Civil War Soldier. Nancy