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 Print of Andrew Jackson 1830
2. When was Andrew Jackson born and when did he die? Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 and he died on June 8, 1845 at the age of 78.
3. What caused Andrew Jackson's death? He died from a combination of aliments including dropsy. Jackson suffered from two gunshot wounds. Much of his ill health was attributed to complications incurred as a result of these wounds.
4. Why did Andrew Jackson come to Nashville? Andrew Jackson was appointed an attorney for the State of North Carolina in the Mero District (Davidson County)in October 1788.
 Rachel Jackson
6. When did Rachel die and how old was she at the time of her death? Rachel Donelson Jackson was born in 1767 and died on December 22, 1828. She was 61.
7. Did Rachel die of a heart attack? Visitors in the 1820s reported symptoms that would indicate heart problems to us today, but because we have no medical history of Rachel, we avoid ascribing a cause of death. Several things with similar symptoms could have caused her death.
8. Where did Rachel live before she came to Tennessee? Rachel was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Her father was a member of the Virginia legislature, a surveyor, a militia leader, a landowner, and an iron manufacturer. He moved his family to East Tennessee in 1779 with the intention of joining James Robertson in an expedition to settle in the middle Tennessee area. Rachel joined her father on the flatboat "Adventure," along with other women, children, and men as they traveled the Holston, Tennessee, Ohio, and Cumberland rivers until they reached the "French Lick," where the Robertson party awaited them, on April 24, 1780.
9. Was Rachel divorced when she married Andrew Jackson? In 1790, Rachel left Tennessee to visit friends near Natchez. Later Andrew Jackson also went to Natchez. When they returned to Nashville in 1791, they had supposedly married. No one has ever located any written record of the Natchez wedding. Rachel's husband, Lewis Robards, had initiated divorce proceedings, but the divorce was not final. With new evidence based on the Natchez “marriage”, Robards completed the divorce by charging Rachel with bigamy. During the 1828 election campaign, Jackson's political supporters published a booklet outlining their position on the timeline of the marriage and telling the story of the false message of a final divorce in 1791.
10. Did Rachel and Andrew have any children? No, but they did adopt Rachel's nephew Andrew Jackson Donelson, son of her brother Severn. They renamed him Andrew Jackson Jr.
11. Did Andrew Jackson own slaves; how many? Jackson owned as many as 150 field and household slaves by the 1840s.
12. Did Andrew Jackson have an illegitimate child? Jackson biographers have looked for such a scandal for a long time, but have never found any evidence. Since the John Quincy Adams forces never mentioned it in the no-holds-barred campaign of 1828, an illegitimate child is unlikely.
13. How many acres were there when Jackson bought The Hermitage property and how many are there now? The Hermitage property which Andrew Jackson bought from Nathaniel Hays on August 23, 1804, for $3,500 was a 425-acre tract of land. The farm would over time grow to over 1,050 acres. Today, the Ladies' Hermitage Association administers 1120 acres of land as a historic site including almost all of Jackson’s acreage.
14. Did Andrew Jackson name The Hermitage, and what does it mean? Jackson letters after he purchased The Hermitage were initially addressed as from Rural Retreat. A few months later, Jackson began addressing his letters as from The Hermitage. This evidence suggests that Jackson named the property, but it is not known why he chose the name. Hermitage essentially means a place where a hermit would live.
15. Which years did Andrew Jackson run for President, and who were his running mates? In 1824, Andrew Jackson ran with John C. Calhoun against John Quincy Adams. Jackson won the popular vote, but the electoral vote went to Adams. In 1828, Jackson ran again with John C. Calhoun, and this time was successful. In 1832, Jackson was elected to his second term as president with Martin Van Buren as his vice president.
16. Is Andrew Jackson related to Stonewall (Thomas) Jackson? One large genealogy profile does make a remote connection between the two men, but the exact relationship is not clear.
17. Who are the present-day descendants of the Jacksons and where do they live? Descendants of Andrew Jackson, Jr., can be found throughout the United States from California to Florida and from Texas to Tennessee. About 120 have assembled at The Hermitage for reunions in 1985 and 1991.
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