George Washington Sweeney

Birth Date

1822-12-26

Death Date

1899-11-18

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Casey County, Kentucky, bricklayer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mildred Bailey Sweeney. Father of James W. Sweeney, Marion Sweeney, Allice Sweeney, Elvira Sweeney, Aliva Sweeney, and Edward Sweeney. Brickmason in Casey County in 1850. Bricklayer in Casey County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from July 17, 1861, to April 14, 1862. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major from January 15, 1864, to January 10, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 289A
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 1, p. 476.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Jenkins Precinct, p. 199B.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 3229.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3, 352-53.
"George Washington Sweeney (1822-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial 45169112, accessed October 25, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45169112.

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