Captain William Montgomery Forrest

1846 - 1908  (61 years)

• Name	William Montgomery Forrest  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	26 Sep 1846	Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  	Northernn Division
  Residence	1880	Shelby County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Burial	1908	Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Death	7 Feb 1908	Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I9005	Clan Montgomery Society | John Montgomery and Esther Houston
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	General Nathan Bedford Forrest,   b. 13 Jul 1821, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA d. 29 Oct 1877, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Ann Montgomery,   b. 2 Oct 1826, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA d. 22 Jan 1893, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Sep 1845	Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F2899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Taylor,   b. 1845, Mississippi, USA d. 18 Nov 1882 (Age 37 years)
  Children	+ 1. Nathan Bedford Forrest, II,   b. 1872, Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA d. 13 Mar 1931, Hamilton, Florida, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 26 Sep 1846 - Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA Residence - Northernn Division - 1850 - DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA Residence - 1880 - Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Burial - 1908 - Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Death - 7 Feb 1908 - Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S2891] 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 William M Forrest http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=3396625&indiv=try [S2821] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 1279; Family History Film: 1255279; Page: 188B; Enumeration District: 144. Record for Wm. M. Forrest http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=10039114&indiv=try [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Nathan Bedford Forrest II http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=41612867&indiv=try [S5199] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 322-333Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Other Stateshttps://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322. Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc Book found on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322 [S5524] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 03Pages 063-065 Family of James Houston Montgomery and Margaret ElizabethWeir. [S5344] Montgomery, Erick Dale, The Montgomery Family of Franklin County, (Name: Franklin County Historical Review; Location: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; Date: Jan 1978;).