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President Andrew Jackson, Jr and Rachael Donelson Family

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• Male President Andrew Jackson, Jr

  
  

  Birth	15 Mar 1767	The Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina, United States
  Death	8 Jun 1845	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
  Burial		The Hermitage, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
  Marriage	1791	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States
  Father	Andrew Bennett Jackson | F30506 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Hutchinson | F30506 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Rachael Donelson

  
  

  Birth	15 Jun 1767	Halifax, Virginia, United States
  Death	22 Dec 1828
  Burial
  Other Spouse	Captain Lewis Robards | F30510
  Marriage
  Father	John Donelson | F30511 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rachael Stockley | F30511 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  When Andrew Jackson migrated to Nashville, Tennessee in 1788, he boa r d e d with Rachel Stockley Donelson, the mother of Rachel Donelson Roba rd s. S hortly after, they married in Natchez, Mississippi, believing tha t h e r hu sband had obtained a divorce. As the divorce had never been co mple te d, th eir marriage was technically bigamous and therefore invalid .[2 ] His torian s found that a friend of Lewis Robards had planted a fak e ar ticl e in hi s own newspaper, saying that the couple's divorce had b een f inali zed. Th e Jacksons later found out about Robards' action in p lantin g th e article, and that he had never Completed the divorce. Later , Rache l en sured th e divorce was Completed.[citation needed] She and J ackson r emarr ied in 17 94.