Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 1819, was named after Egypt's ancient Nile River capital.  The town was originally to have been named Jackson, in honor of Most Worshipful Brother Andrew Jackson.  Brother Jackson, however, declined to have the town so named.  He got his due when Alexandria, a settlement on the Forked Deer River in central western Tennessee was named for him three years later.  The town so honored Jackson primarily because of his successes as a general, seven years before he became President of the US.