This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forrest, Terry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iJB.2ACE/605.1.1 Message Board Post: To add to your reply: Nathan Bedford Forrest mother was from Salem and he lived there as a child. Every time the Yankee troups would come through the town they burned just a little more "looking for Forrest." By the time the Civil War ended nothing much remained. Two links that might help in your search are diaries written by citizens from Salem. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mstippah/JTindex.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mstippah/TerryDiary.html Both are detailed antebellum diaries showing what life was like before the Civil War. Many of their neighbors are listed.