Re: i am the direct decendent of nathan bedford forrest
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Re: i am the direct decendent of nathan bedford forrest
Larry Cockerham 10/04/08
thank u for those words at first to be honest i was discuraged
but theres alot of things that would seem to be to my advantge for one the picture my grandfather eugene had was a origanal witch meens his dad gave it to him and his dad and that cycle continued u dont have to insult my research there wasnt alot of it becouse i never got to know my dads side of the family he died when me and my twin brother johnthan were 5 so to be honest i didnt have alot to work with im far from professonal but when i saw that picture of nathan bedford forrest in his civil war gear i knew 1 of 2 things either eugene was right witch theres a high probility he is couse back then records were spottie at best not like today for all anyone know files could have been lost destroyed 1 of many things or that my family has been passing down a lie since the picture another thing my dad and his dad were not close my father named me after him and johnathan after his grandfather this was not a case of us being named after members of the nathan b forrest line becouse my dad admired him another i was named after my father edward lloyed forrest and my twin brother jonathan dean forrest after are great grand father who died shortly before we were born im not doing this for fame or anything i just want to know so miss forrest i would like it if u kept from nasty post no need to insult my research i never said i was professinal i did the best i could with the availible info i plan on still getting a dna tough time hadtest to settle it once and for all if im not related to him then so be it atleast i know the truth
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