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On Oct. 11, 1863, Gen. James R. Chalmers, with a force of about 3,000 Confederate cavarlrymen, consisting of the 7th TN, 13th TN... [click for more]

Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union ... [click for more]

Early in November 1863, Union Gen. William T. Sherman was moving east to relieve the Union army at Chattanooga. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston or... [click for more]

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. Plea... [click for more]

Collierville, Tennessee
Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, is second oldest town in the county
and was named for Jesse R. Collier. Founde... [click for more]

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 <... [click for more]

Crisscross Lodge / 1913

The home of Cecil and Laura Davis Elliott was designed in 1913 by architect Bayard Snowden Cairnes of the Memphis firm... [click for more]

Greenlevel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Established 1998
McGinnis Park is dedicated to the memory of Wiley Washington McGinnis
(1875-1959), who first landscaped Collierville Square. ... [click for more]

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... [click for more]

Herbert Thomas Brooks served in community leadership roles for over 50 years. His leadership and vision affected almost every facet of the community a... [click for more]