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Rachel Jackson (née Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. [1] [2] She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she never served as first lady, a role assumed by her niece, Emily Donelson.
[29] [30] Less specific was a rumor of Jackson having "colored blood", meaning having "Negro" ancestry; [31] this rumor was unproven. President Jackson's father was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in current-day Northern Ireland, around 1738. [32] Scholars Hendrik Booraem, Robert Remini, and H. W. Brands have agreed he had no black ...
Hannah Jackson (1792 or 1801 – 1895) was an African American woman who worked as a house slave for the seventh U.S. president Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel. She was present at both their deaths. She was interviewed twice late in her life for her stories about Jackson and is thought to be the source of some of the stories told about his life.
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency , he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress .
Muscogee, taken prisoner at Littafuchee, sent to live at the Hermitage as a companion for Andrew Jackson Jr.; Theodore died Charley: fl. February–April 1814: Indigenous orphan, tribal affiliation unknown; he was given to Jackson and sent to live at the Hermitage as a companion to Andrew Jackson Donelson: Lyncoya Jackson: c. 1811 – July 1, 1828
Marriage bond of Andrew Jackson and Rachel Donelson Robards, signed by Andrew Jackson, his bondsmen Robert Hays (Tennessee) and John Overton (judge), and witnessed by Andrew Ewing, January 17, 1794 The circumstances of the end of Rachel Donelson 's relationship with Lewis Robards and transition to Andrew Jackson resurfaced as a campaign issue ...
Jackson wrote to his wife Rachel on December 7, 1823, that "I would be delighted to receive a letter from our son, little Hutchings, & even Lyncoya," and according to editors of The Letters of Andrew Jackson, Volume V: 1821–1824 (published 1996), "Lyncoya wrote Jackson on December 29." This is a typed transcript of the handwritten transcript ...
The President's Lady is a 1953 biopic by 20th Century Fox directed by Henry Levin.The screenplay by John Patrick was adapted from the eponymous 1951 novel by Irving Stone, based on the life of American president Andrew Jackson and his marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards.