Sweeny Cemetery Sweeny, Brazoria County, Texas Cemeteries of Texas Coordiantor: Dolores I. Bishop Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site Location north side of Sweeny, next to flagpole, FM 524 Marker: Begun as family burial ground when John Sweeny, early landowner, member of Stephen F. Austin's colony, chose this site for burial of his young daughter, Freedonia, 1833. In use ever since by the neighborhood. Has graves of veterans of all wars since Texas Revolution. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966