General Nathan Bedford Forrest

Male 1821 - 1877  (56 years)


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  • Name Nathan Bedford Forrest  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Title General 
    Birth 13 Jul 1821  Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Northern Division 
    Residence 1860  Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Ward 3 
    Military Service 1 May 1861  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial 1877  Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 29 Oct 1877  Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6
    Person ID I5041  MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Family Mary Ann Montgomery,   b. 2 Oct 1826, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1893, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 25 Sep 1845  Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Children 
    +1. Captain William Montgomery Forrest,   b. 26 Sep 1846, Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1908, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F3151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Jul 1821 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Sep 1845 - Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Northern Division - 1850 - DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Ward 3 - 1860 - Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - 1 May 1861 - Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1877 - Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Oct 1877 - Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S842] Bio Info on Forrest Nathan Bedford, (Name: Name: Wikipedia; Location:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest;;).

    2. [S843] Weant, Kenneth E., comp, Lincoln County, Missouri Deaths, 1866-1936, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online.
      Record for Nathan Bradford, Gen. Forrest

    3. [S462] Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War Soldiers, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;), Database online. Side served: Confederacy; State served: Tennessee;Enlistment date: 1 May 1861.
      Record for Nathan Forrest

    4. [S807] Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1796-2011, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave, 2012. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 31 January 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave, 2012. http://www.findag;;), Database online.
      Record for Nathan Bedford Forrest

    5. [S237] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Memphis Ward 3, Shelby,Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: 91; Image: 188.
      Record for W B Forrest

    6. [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee,USA; Date: 1974;;), Chapter 3, Family of James Houston Montgomery and Margaret ElizabethWeir.

    7. [S781] Montgomery, Erick Dale, The Montgomery Family of Franklin County, (Name: Franklin County Historical Review; Location: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; Date: Jan 1978;).

    8. [S510] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern Division, DeSoto, Mississippi; Roll: M432_371; Page: 368A; Image: 323.
      Record for Bedford Forrest
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