NameWilliam Oglesby Sweeney 
Research notes for William Oglesby Sweeney
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 9
page 154
Mrs. Margaret Prewitt Sweeny.
DAR ID Number: 8407
Born in Kentucky.
Wife of William Oglesby Sweeny.
Descendant of Col. William Edmondson and of Capt. John Edmondson, of Virginia; Capt. James Montgomery, of Pennsylvania.
Daughter of Levi Prewitt and Mary Ellen Coleman, his wife.
Granddaughter of William Prewitt and Margaret Edmonson, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of John Edmonson and Margaret Montgomery, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of William Edmonson and Nancy Montgomery, his wife; James Montgomery and Mary Robertson, his wife.
William Edmondson, 1776, commanded a company against the Indians and was with Shelby in the Chickamauga expedition. At King's Mountain there were eight of the name with the Virginia troops. He was promoted after the battle and his son John fought with the Washington county militia.
Also Nos. 4073, 7371.
James Montgomery served as captain in the State militia.