Forrest’s Early Home

Forrest’s Early Home is a Tennessee historical marker in Shelby County.

Shelby Co, Memphis, Adams Ave.,between 2nd & 3rd sts.

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In a house which stood here in antebellum days lived Nathan Bedford Forrest. Born in middle Tennessee, 1821, he spent his early life on a Mississippi plantation. Following marriage in 1845, he came to Memphis, where his business enterprises made him wealthy. He was for several terms an alderman. He enlisted for the Confederacy, June 14, 1861.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1826 · Map of the State of Missouri And Territory of Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1835 · Chickasaw Cession, Mississippi (1835) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1836 · Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1836 · New Map Of Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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