Forrest, NB

Nathan Bedford Forrest, Lt. Gen.
of
Bedford Co., TN

The Forrest possibly comes from the French word "Foret" meaning forest.
Researched by Chird Bobbitt E-mail chird@sbcglobal.net

Nathan Bedford Forrest born in Bedford Co., TN     Forrest's HQ	  The Forrest Preserve
Carroll Co., TN    Pleasant Hill Cem., TN
The North & South Forrest cemeteries are located near Brownsville, TN

Benjamin Forrest b: 1800 Ireland Bartholomew Forrest b: 1831 Ireland David J. Forrest b: 28 Feb 1864 Northboro, MA d: 1937 Richard Albert Forrest b: 4 Oct 1783 d: 8 Aug 1869 Charles Matlock Forrest b: 3 Sep 1852 d: 24 Jan 1892 Larry Forrest Thomas H. Forrest b: 10 Jul 1909 Marlboro, MA d: 5 May 1996 Samuel Lee Forrest casey@vtechkuds.net

1-James Forrester Will James Forrest & Edward Gresham b: ABT 1700 d: 5 Sep 1755 Orange Co., NC sp: Ann Ashley http://www.gendex.com/users/dlwoody/woody/d0006/g0000058.html#I4317 m: abt 1724 b: abt 1702 d: abt 1755 2-William Forrest, Sr WILL b: abt 1726 Orange NC d: bef Aug 1778 Orange Co., NC sp: Lavina "Louisa" Gresham d/o James & Elizabeth Gresham, Goochland VA b: 1705 VA http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/harrow/505/Gen-Gresham-Edward-1635.htm m: abt 1749 VA 3-Issac Forrest b: abt 1750 d: 1798-8 Orange Co., NC 4-Elisha Forrest b: 13 Jul 1784 d: 11 May 1855 sp: Sarah "Sally" Vincent m: 9 Jan 1821 Rutherford Co., TN 5-Calvin James Forrest b: 5-Richard "Dick" Oziah Forrest b: 5-Elisha King Forrest b: 5-Oren Perry Forrest, Capt. b: 13 Jun 1827 Bedford Co. d: 31 Oct 1903 Hallsville, Harrison Co., TX bur Hallsville Cem., TX sp: Cordelia "Delia" Ann Murphey m: 28 Jul 1881 Hallsville 6-Ila May Forrest b: 6-Annie Laurie Forrest b: 6-Gertrude "Gertie" Forrest b: 6-Nathan Bedford Forrest b: 24 Dec 1889 Harrison,TX d: 14 Apr 1961 Melbourne,Brevard Co., FL bur Melbourne,Brevard,FL sp: Nell ______ m: New Orleans, LA sp: Doris Louise Renigar m: 29 Apr 1952, High Point,NC 6-Lawson Perry Forrest b: 3-Shadrack Forrest, Sr. http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?bedford::forrest::1256.html b: abt 1751 d: aft Jan 1820 Bedford Co., TN bur Sumner, TN sp: Jane? Ledbetter m: Orange Co., NC b: abt 1742 Caswell Co., NC d/o Rev Henry Ledbetter & Edie Clark d: abt 1886 Sumner Co., TN 4-Son Forrest 3-Mary Margaret Forrest b: 3-Virginia Forrest b: 3-_______ Forrest b: 3-Shadrack Forrest, Jr. b: aft 1770 moved from Virginia to what later became Orange Co., NC about 1730-40 before the Revolutionary War 4-Elizabeth Forrest b: 4-Silas Forrest b: sp: Betsy "Polly" Lovins m: 8 Oct 1799 Orange Co., NC 4-Nathan Forrest b: 28 Oct 1776 Orange NC d: 15 Jan 1827 Tippah, MS sp: Nancy Shepherd Baugh of Irish descent m: 14 Jan 1799 Orange Co., NC 5-John Nicholas Forrest b 5-Alexander Forrest b: 5-Jerimiah G. Forrest b: 5-Nelson Forrest b: 5-Eliza G. Forrest b: 5-William Forrest a Blacksmith oldest child 1790 Census Caswell Co., NC Served in the CSA Cavalry about 1821 they moved to Bedford Co., TN & in 1834 to Marshall Co., TN b: 6 Jul 1801 NC d: 1837 Salem, Tippah, Marshall Co., TN sp: Mariam Beck donbeck@erols.com dau of John Beck (ca. 1769-?) was Scottish, 6' tall & 180 lbs m: 1820, Gallatin,Bedford,TN 6-Nathan Bedford Forrest, Lt. Gen

(twin) 1851 moved to Memphis b: 13 Jul 1821 near Chapel Hill, Bedford Co., TN d: 29 Oct 1877 Memphis, Shelby Co., TN bur Memorial Park,Memphis,TN & Elmwood Cem,Shelby sp: Mary Ann Montgomery dau of a Presbyterian Minister in Hernando, MS m: 1845 7-William "Willie" Montgomery Forrest, Capt.

served in CSA with his father b: 26 Sep 1846 Hernando. MS d: 8 Feb 1908 Memphis, TN sp: Jane Cook m: 1868 8-Mary Forrest b: abt 1869 d: abt 1969 sp: _____ Bradley 9-Kathleen Forrest Bradley 9-Nell Small Bradley 9-Cecil Taylor Bradley 8-Nathan Bedford Forrest, Jr. (III)

Graduated West Point June 9, 1928 b: 7 Apr 1905 at Waldran, near Poplar in Memphis, TN d: 13 Jun 1942 Kiel, Germany KIA bur Wiek, Germany moved to Arlington National Cem. sp: Fraces Brassler m: 22 Nov 1930 9-Nary Helen Forrest 9-Nandy Forrest 9-Mart Forrest 8-William Montgomery Forrest II b: 8-James Cook Forrest b: 7-Frances A. Forrest b: 6-Francis "Fannie" Forrest (twin) http://genforum.genealogy.com/forrest/messages/992.html b: 13 Jul 1821 near Chapel Hill, Bedford Co., TN 6-John Nathaniel Forrest Jonathan Forrest Defiance Co., 1854 b: 1823, Bedford Co, TN d: 8 Oct 1867, Memphis, TN 6-William "Bill" Hezekiah Forrest b: 6-Mary Forrest b: 6-Jesse Anderson Forrest b: 6-Milly Forrest b: 6-Issac Forrest b: 6-_____ Forrest b: 1836 d: 1841 6-Jeffery E. Forrest b: 6-Aaron Forrest, Lt Col b: 6-William Montgomery Forrest http://genforum.genealogy.com/forrest/messages/376.html b: 5-Jonathan Forrest b: 23 Aug 1832 5-Jane Forrest b: 5-James Nelson Forrest b: 5-Malinda S. Forrest b: 5-Henderson B. Forrest b 5-Shadrack F. Forrest b: 5-Brittain Forrest b: 5-Nancy Matilda Forrest http://genforum.genealogy.com/forrest/messages/482.html b: 17 Sep 1816 TN sp: John Comer Lewis http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?dudley::forrest::480.html 5-Elizabeth "Eliza" G. Forrest b: 5-Nathan Alexander Forrest b: 4-Abraham Forrest 4-Elisha Forrest b: 13 Jul 1784 Orange Co., NC d: 11 May 1855 Hallsville, Harrison Co., TX 3-Gresham Forrest b: 1752 http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?gresham::forrest::917.html sp: Sarah Wood 4-______ Forrest b: 4-Memorial Forrest, Capt http://www.pastracks.com/states/kentucky/bourbon/queries0.html b: ABT 1783 d: 15 Mar 1815 Ft. Gratoit,St. Claire,MI sp: Nancy Endicott d/o Thomas Endicott & Sarah Welsh m: 13 Jan 1804, Bourbon Co, KY b: 1783, Surry Co, NC d: 1831, Posey Co, IN 5-Thomas Forrest b: 1817 3-Joel Forrester b: 1753 sp: Sarah Tatum 4- 3-William Forrest b: 1754 3-Jesse Forrest (Colonel) b: 1755 3-James Forrest b: abt 1756 3-Mary Margaret Forrest b: abt 17__ sp: Jonathan Nicholas Tull II 3-Virginia Forrest b: abt 17__ 3-_______ Forrest b: abt 17__ sp: Daniel Ledbetter 4-Brittain H. Forrest 5-James A. Forrest 6-William Jasper Forrest 7-Sallie Mae Forrest sp: ______ Bankston 8-Mary Gertrude Bankston sp: _____ Kress 9-Leo Monroe Kress 10-Joell Lee Kress bilforrest@aol.com 4-John Forrest Served in the Mexican War 4-William Forrest 4-Aaron Forrest Lt. Colonel CSA d: 1864 Dresden, TN 4-Jesse A. Forrest Lt. Colonel CSA 4-Jeffrey Forrest Colonel CSA d: 1863. KIA 4-DAUGHTER died young 4-DAUGHTER died young 4-DAUGHTER died young

???????????????????????????????????????????????? 8-Nathan Bedford Forrest II moved to Atlanta about 1919 then to Alaska b: 1872 Oxford, MS d: 13 Mar 1931 White Springs, FL sp: Mattie Patterson (Patton) of Memphis