|
Childhood
/ Rachel's First Marriage
|
| 1767
|
March
15
|
 Andrew
Jackson born in the Waxhaws, South Carolina |
| date
unknown
|
Rachel
Donelson born, eighth child of John Donelson and Rachel Stockley
|
| unknown |
Andrew
Jackson, Sr., died; tradition says before Jackson was born |
| 1774 |
July
4
|
First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia |
| 1779
|
c
June 22
|
Hugh Jackson,Andrew's older brother, died |
| December
|
 Donelson
family and party began river journey to western lands |
| 1780
|
April
|
Donelson party reached Fort Nashborough
|
| c
Fall
|
Donelson
family moved to Harrodsburg area (Kentucky) |
| 1781
|
c
May |
Robert Jackson Andrew's middle brother, died Fall Elizabeth
Jackson, Andrew's mother, died |
| 1785 |
c
March |
 Rachel
Donelson married Lewis Robards in Kentucky
[marriage
bond] |
| 1786 |
|
Donelson family returned to Tennessee |
| |
John Donelson murdered |
| 1784-1787 |
Jackson studied law under two different teachers |
| 1787
|
September
26 |
Jackson
licensed to practice law in North Carolina |
| 1788
|
date
unknown |
Rachel Robards returned to Nashville from Kentucky |
|
October |
Jackson
settled in Nashville |
| |
November |
Licensed to practice law in Davidson County |
| 1789 |
February
4 |
George Washington elected first president |
| 1790
|
December
20 |
Lewis Robards secured
consent of Virginia legislature to seek divorce in Kentucky |
|
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