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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Private
Located at 4800 McCormack Church Rd (a.k.a.) Ky Hwy 1194 off Ky Hwy 78
Author: John Andrew Whitler
Moses Sweeney was born in 1734 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, the son of Charles and Ann Margaret (Wythe) Sweeney.
He emigrated to the Colonies with his father in 1750, settled in Buckingham County, Virginia, and erected a mill on Slate Creek.
Moses married Elizabeth Johnson in 1758. She was born in 1742 and was a cousin of Vice President Richard M. Johnson. The couple had several children, although ten of which the author can find no birth or death date. Among their children were:
Joseph was born on 28 February 1760 and married Nancy Whitten.
Henry was born in 1762
Nancy was born in 1764
Charles was born on 26 August 1766 and married Frances Shackelfors.
Edmund was born on 29 August 1768 and married Mary Johnson.
Patsy was born about 1770 and married Daniel McCormack Jr.
Daniel was born about 1776 and married Elizabeth Jones.
Job was born in about 1778 and married Sarah Allen.
Celah (Celia )was born on 2 June 1782 and married Joseph Waters.
John was born about 1785 and married Betsy Burnside.
Several people have stated that Moses' Revolutionary War record was under several different units from Virginia. He served as a Continental soldier under General Putnam and was a Private in the company of Captain Thomas Patterson's 6th Virginia Regiment. He was also a guard at a prisoner of war camp, holding British soldiers and Loyalists who were caught and convicted, from 1779-1781 in Charlottesville, which was not far from his Virginia home in Amherst, Virginia.
After the war, he traveled with his family through the Cumberland Gap and Was more than likely led by Daniel Boone, who was reportedly his friend. He moved to Washington County, Kentucky, and lived there for several years. Finally, he moved to Casey County, Kentucky, where he farmed until his death in 1813. He owned a fairly large tract of land, and he was buried on that farm. He built a cabin/house on this farm in 1787 that was lived in for over 200 years and was still a rental home in 1991 but has since been dismantled (all the logs and stones) by Don Sweeney of Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky, and stored on Sweeney land in the hopes of some family member reconstructing the home in the future.
The author's father, Albert Waters Whitler, visited the old Sweeney farm in 1991 (a year before his passing) and took pictures of the cabin and the marker for Moses and his wife, Elizabeth. He said the cabin, which had been standing strong since its initial construction, looked like it could easily stand for another 100 years.
The Patriot died in July 1813 in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
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