Historical Markers and War Memorials in Collierville, Tennessee
Memphis is the county seat for Shelby County
Collierville is in Shelby County
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On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Highway 57), on the right when traveling south.
Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun sights of Confederate cavalrymen intent on severing . . . — — Map (db m37267) HM
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On Oct. 11, 1863, Gen. James R. Chalmers, with a force of about 3000 Confederate cavalrymen, consisting of the 7th TN, 13th TN, 18th MS, 2nd MO, 2nd AR, and 3rd MS, approached Collierville from the south along Mt. Pleasant Road. . . . — — Map (db m63137) HM
On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Highway 57), on the right when traveling south.
Early in November 1863, Union Gen. William T. Sherman was moving east to relieve the Union army at Chattanooga. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston ordered Gen. James R. Chalmers to "harass [Sherman's] rear and break the railroad behind him." . . . — — Map (db m37269) HM
On Walnut Street north of West Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling north.
For the citizens of the State of Tennessee during the early 1860's, the violence and bloodshed of combat were not faraway abstractions, nor were they empty statistics in a textbook. The soldiers who fought and died were not anonymous heroes, . . . — — Map (db m200760) HM
On North Main Street at East Poplar Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
The Collierville Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was originally founded in Fayette County near the close of the Civil War. Construction began at the present location in 1873. Renovations to the building were made in 1906, and again in the . . . — — Map (db m63135) HM
On College Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling west on College Street.
This land, which was actually in Mississippi until 1838, originally belonged to the Chickasaws. This area has served as a central hub for education in Collierville since 1873, when Bellevue Female College constructed a two story wooden building . . . — — Map (db m76812) HM
On North Center Street at North Rowlett Street, on the right when traveling south on North Center Street.
One of two sanctuaries of Collierville United Methodist Church, the Sanctuary on the Square was built in 1900 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South congregation. The Methodists were the first to erect a church in the community and from . . . — — Map (db m82673)
On North Rowlett Street west of North Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county’s second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd, Hodge, Collier and the Tharp Grant. In 1837, the . . . — — Map (db m63134) HM
Near North Main Street at East Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling north.
In Honor of
Collierville Area Veterans
Dedicated by
Collierville VFW Post 5066
Mickey Locke - Commander
Jim Inman - Quartermaster
— — Map (db m149076) WM
Near South Mount Pleasant Road south of Keough Road, on the right when traveling south.
To those who gave so much to their cause during the great conflict. Brave men lie beneath this ground; some in mass graves near the battlefields where they fell, some in lonely unmarked graves, and some in untended cemeteries across the south. The . . . — — Map (db m200769) WM
On West Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) east of South Houston Levee Road, on the left when traveling east.
The home of Cecil and Laura Davis Elliott was designed in 1913 by architect Bayard Snowden Cairnes of the Memphis firm Hanker and Cairnes. Cairnes, who was trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, used a unique hexagonal plan that provided a . . . — — Map (db m37266) HM
On Walnut Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised “Collier Town for Sale” in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church was established on the north side of State Line Road . . . — — Map (db m76816) HM
On Walnut Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
*Referenced from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XLII. Chalmers' Raid Series 1, Volume 30, Part II, page 783.
The following is a quote provided by Colonel R. V. . . . — — Map (db m149072) HM
Near West Powell Road just east of Greenview Road, on the right when traveling west.
Herman W. Cox, Jr., life long resident of Collierville, was a 1939 graduate of Collierville High School. He served as an elected leader of Collierville, first as alderman in 1959 and Mayor in 1975, retiring in 1999 after serving for 40 years. . . . — — Map (db m149082) HM
Near North Center Street just south of East Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling north.
In July of 1866, Collierville, like much of the South, was beginning to recover from the ravages of war. Three years earlier, "Mister Collier's Village" consisting of several homes and a general store a few hundred yards east of the square on Mt. . . . — — Map (db m149075) HM
On Schilling Road at Deloach Lane, in the median on Schilling Road.
McGinnis Park is dedicated to the memory of Wiley Washington McGinnis (1875 1959), who
first landscaped Collierville Square. The park and streets of the 443 acre Schilling Farms development are named for individuals who contributed to the rich . . . — — Map (db m149054) HM
On South Rowlett Street at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on South Rowlett Street.
The Federal troops quickly understood the importance of taking control of railroads and by May 1862 the US Government held the Memphis & Charleston Railroad with few exceptions until the end of the Civil War. Note that there were up to 15,000 Union . . . — — Map (db m149079) HM
On Walnut Street at Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling south on Walnut Street.
In 1844 Salem Presbyterian Church was established in southeast Shelby County. It remained there until 1871 and then relocated to Collierville. The name was changed to the Presbyterian Church of Collierville. The Presbyterians met at the Methodist . . . — — Map (db m63131) HM
On Center Street at West South Street on Center Street.
This is a portion of the ridge where the Confederates faced the occupying Union Forces and General W. T. Sherman in the Battle of Collierville. When you look north toward the railroad and the town square you are standing in the shadows of the . . . — — Map (db m119227) HM WM
On Mulberry Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east on Mulberry Street.
The corner stone for Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church was laid on April 22, 1890. The church was consecrated on May 27, 1891. Anna Holden, the guiding force in the founding of St. Andrew’s, led a group that raised $3,000 to build the church. The . . . — — Map (db m63132) HM
On South Rowlett Street at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on South Rowlett Street.
On Sunday October 11, 1863, the Confederate forces of Brigadier General James R. Chalmers, consisting of the 7th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Tennessee Cavalry, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 12th and 18th Mississippi Cavalry and the 2nd Missouri Cavalry, along . . . — — Map (db m149140) HM
On North Rowlett Street at North Center Street, on the left when traveling west on North Rowlett Street.
Collierville Railroad Depot
The first railroad depot in Collierville was located in this vicinity adjacent to the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. A letter was discovered in the Mississippi Library Department of Archives and Special . . . — — Map (db m149077) HM
On North Main Street at East Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Route 57), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
The Original Town Site of Collierville/Colliersville
In this area and to the east, lies the original town site of Collierville. The lands that were destined to become Collierville traveled through many periods of history before a village . . . — — Map (db m149071) HM
(side 1)
On April 15, 1861, eighty men from Collierville organized the Wigfall Grays to oppose President Lincoln’s call for volunteers to invade the South. The company was named in honor of Senator Louis T. Wigfall who was well known for . . . — — Map (db m82843) HM
On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue (Tennessee Highway 57), on the right when traveling south.
Herbert Thomas Brooks served in community leadership roles for over 50 years. His leadership and vision affected almost every facet of the community and can be seen in the physical beauty of Collierville's landscape as well as the design of the . . . — — Map (db m37271) HM
On Walnut Street north of West Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling south.
"The expression of American personality through this war is not to be looked for in the great campaign and the battle-fights. It is to be looked for… in the hospitals, among the wounded.” ~ Walt Whitman notebook entry
During the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m149073) HM
