The Sweeney Tree

(Note: The symbol (&) is to be read "who married.")

    Moses Sweeney and wife Elizabeth had the following children: Charles,
Job, John, Joseph, Daniel, William H., Edmond, and Harvey. Charles married
Frances Shackelford in 1793. Job married Sarah Allen in 1798; Daniel &
Elizabeth Jones; Harvey & Mary Edmondson.
    To Charles and Frances were born Josiah, James, Johnathon, Jesse, Job,
Joshua, Jordan, Jefferson, and Joel. Of these boys Job & Faith Edwards;
Jordan & Permelia Pigg; and Joel & Obedience Edwards. We will trace two of
these families, that of Jordan and Joel.
    The children of Joel and Obedience Edwards were Amanda, Emily, Elizabeth
who married George Washington Sweeney, son of Job and Sally Edwards; Anna
Liza, Marietta, and Wm. Northcutt. The child of Jordan & Permelia Pigg was
Charles & Lady Byron Tate (children to this union, Ermie & Dr. Hammonds; John
& Myrtle Cundiff; Fannie & W.C. Rubarts; Welby & Belle Combest; Jordan & Sara
Ann Baldock; Millie & E.E. Allen; Lucy & Reuben Baldock; Permelia & Sam Ford;
and Cerene & L.F. Hammonds). The children of John were Thelma and Ray. The
children of Welby were Effie and Charley.
    Job, the son of Moses and brother to Charles, married the first time
Sarah Allen, and to this union were born Benjamin, Peggy, and Moses. His
second wife was Sally Edwards, and to this union were born Guirn Emerson, Wm.
Green, George Washington, Caroline, and John Lancaster. Benjamin, first named
son of Job had the following children: Wm. Green, Moses, Edmond, Job,
Jonathan, Frank (Dock), Benjamin,, Jr., Sam, Minerva, Julia, Mary, and Sarah.
Frank (Dock) & Sarah Margaret Allen (children: Dora, hardin, Jim, Lucinda,
Rosetta, Sarah Margaret, Ben, Woolford, Marcum Link, Henry Austin). George
Washington, son of Job and Sally Edwards, and half brother to Benjamin and
Elizabeth Sweeney, daughter to Joel. To this union were born James, Marion,
and Sarah. By a second marriage he had the following children: Samuel, Frank,
Cora, Ann, Alice, Ella, Oliva, George W., Jr., Edward Breckinridge, Ida, and
Thales. Marion (General) & America Sharp (children: Lucy, Dr. W.J., George,
and Lizzie). Dr. Willie J. & Edma Jones had the following children: Charlesy,
Garnett, George, Lucy,and Ruth. Of the sons, half brother to Marion, Frank &
Florence Short (children: Minnie & Dr. Caldwell, and Ella & Marion Black).
    Edward Breckinridge had two children, mary and Mildred. Moses, son of Job
and Sarah Allen lived in Indiana and has a large family.