Andrew jackson and rachel biography summary

Rachel Jackson (1767-1828) was the wife of U.S. Army general and President-elect Andrew Jackson, who became the seventh president of the United States (1829–37). She died less than three months before his inauguration.

Rachel Donelson was born circa June 15, 1767, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to Rachel Stockley and Colonel John Donelson.

Raised on a rural plantation, she received no formal education but learned to read and write, along with other useful skills such as horseback riding and household management. When she was 12, her father led an excursion of several hundred Virginians into Tennessee and co-founded the settlement that became Nashville.

Although Rachel and her immediate family soon moved to Harrodsburg, Kentucky, her extended kin became part of Nashville’s political and economic elite.

Rachel married Harrodsburg land owner and speculator Lewis Robards in March 1785, but their marriage was marred by his abusive behavior.

She returned to Nashville during a period