Thank you both for answering,
I was able to get the site updated to the current stable build of 3.3.1. I restored my moodledata, mySQL database, and moodle files to the backups I made of 2.2. From there I used git to checkout the stable 2.3, and cli upgraded. Once I had it upgraded I took backups of the three listed above. From there I did a git checkout of the 2.4 branch and proceeded to do a cli upgrade. That worked and I was running around the office with joy. I proceeded to do the same cycle of backing up, checking out, and upgrading until I got to the currently supported stable version. I have since made the conversion for the database to full unicode support using this page.
https://docs.moodle.org/33/en/MySQL_full_unicode_support
I have tested the site and making the last few backups as I type this. thank you again for your help.
-Grant