Jean, We keep running around each other with our surname searches. Some day we will find a connection, I am sure. Check out the following Swinney info I have and see if the Eli Swinney from the 1850 Scott Co. Census could be yours and that he may have married #2 Martha Unknown and had Dora Swenney ? 1810 Russell Co. VA Tax List: Sweany, Nathan WAR OF 1812 NATHAN SWINNEY 2 REG'T (LILLARD'S) EAST TENNESSEE VOLS. PRIVATE PRIVATE NATHAN SWINNEY 4 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA. PRIVATE PRIVATE Nathan Sweeny Anna More Security Joel More Witness James Albert August 23, 1818 Nathan Swinney b.Bet. 1790 - 1798 died before 1840 Anna "Annie" Moore b.Abt. 1798 d. January 09, 1865 dau. of Joel Moore b. Abt. 1780 North Carolina ( January 15, 1765 from Charles Moore) died Aft. 1840 Scott Co. VA & Judith "Jude, Juda" Gibson b. Abt. 1785 VA, died in Russell Co.(?) VA 1820 Scott Co. VA Census: Swinney, Nathan 1 male under 10 1 male 26-45 Nathan 1 female 16-26 Ann Moore 1830 Scott Co. VA Census: Swinney, Nathan 2 males under 5 yrs. 1 male 10-15 1 male 30-40 Nathan 1 female under 5 1 female 5-10 1 female 30-40 Ann Moore 1840 Scott Co. VA Census: Ann Sweeny 1 male 5-10 Joshua Swinney m. #1 Matililda McGown (?) 1 male 10-15 Eli Swinney m. #1 Catharine, I may have Eli and Jackson reversed. 1 male 15-20 Jackson Swinney m. #1 Tabitha Gibson 1 female 5-10 1 female 10-15 1 female 15-20 Rue Swinney? 1 female 40-50 Ann Moore Swinney Known Children of Nathan Swinney and Ann Moore: Jackson Swinney Eli Swinney Joshua Swinney Dau. Rue Swinney (?) 1850 U.S. Census Virginia Scott County Western District 952 952 Ann Swinney 65 F Rue 25 F William 04 M 862 862 Eli Swinney 22 M Farmer VA Catharine 20 F KY Both marked as being married within the year. Jackson Swinney Tabitha Gibson Consent signed by Ann Swiney parent of Jackson Dec. 29, 1851 Source: Scott Co. VA Consents & Bonds of Marriage1815-1853 by Phyllis L. Peterson ELI SWINNEY VA Scott County Western District 1850 ELI SWINEY KY Pike County Piketon P. O. 1860 I have Marriage Bonds Pike Co. KY 1822-1865 By Clyde Runyon, Belfry, KY. The following record may be your Eli Swiney, I believe that the following Vinson Gipson maybe the son of: 1850 Scott Co. VA Census: 1850 Census Roll 975 Page 413 842. GIBSON, Hiram 36, VA, Lydia 30, Archibald 11, Rosanna 9, Rena J. 7, Vincent 4, Stephen 1. married Moore, Lydia 2-27-1837 Scott Co. VA Lydia Moore's Parents? File# 1756. License issued October 21, 1865 by Hibbard Williamson Clerk for marriage of Vinson Gipson and Lucindia McGee. Bond: dated Oct. 21, 1865 for marriage of Vinson Gipson and Lucindia McGee; signed by Vinson Gipson and Eli Sweny . Vinson "gipsen" and Lucindia "megee" married October 22, 1865 at the house of William Adkins in the presence of Ely Sweeney and Spurlock Adkins, by William Adkins, JPPC Note: Catherine Swinney and their children were in Floyd County, but no Eli. 1870 Floyd Co. KY Census: 135 Sweney (Swinney) Catherine 39 KY Spencer 16 Martha 14 Elenedory M 13 Sylvester 09 James M. 07 Sarah E. 05 John C. 02 Nathan Swinney appears to be related to Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) who married #1. Unknown Swinney. Known Children: It is possible that Nathan Swinney could be another child of Elizabeth and Unknown Swinney or possibly Nathan Swinney was married before 1818 possibly to Elizabeth Unknown who married #2 William Gibson possibly in KY abt. 1817? She and William are listed as both 80 yrs. old in the 1850 Pike Co. KY Census. Note that Joshua Swinney (said son of Nathan Swinney and Anna "Annie" Moore) and wife Matililda are living near William and Elizabeth (Unknown, #1. Swinney) Gibson in the 1850 Pike Co. KY census. ----- Original Message ----- You Wrote: What do you have on Sweeney I am looking for information on Dora Sweeney > Born 1889 Father Ely Sweeney wife Martha > Dora married first Lilburn Gibson and second Oscar Oliver. Jean Jacobs