As a Virginian, I am proud to say that the first known printed version of sweet iced tea was by Marion Tyree who lived not too far from my current hometown. Marion, of Lynchburg, Virginia, printed the recipe for sweet iced tea with lemon in her book, "Housekeeping in Old Virginia". She initially used green tea and it wouldn't be until a few years later that black tea would eventually be used. I'm sure many southern towns want to lay claim to sweet tea but she is credited for publishing the first known version of sweet iced tea.