About Andrew Jackson.

Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw’s, a region between South Carolina and North Carolina. He was a lawyer and landowner who became a war hero when he defeated the British in New Orleans in 1812. In 1828, Jackson was elected seventh president of the United States. In addition to destroying the National Bank and founding the Democratic Party, Jackson was known for his support of individual liberty. June 8, 1845, was the date of his death.

Andrew Jackson’s parents were Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson. Jackson’s mother was making her way across the Appalachian Mountains after burying her husband, who died three weeks before his son was born. Thus, the exact location of his birth was unknown. He is presumed to have been born at one of his uncles’ houses in the Waxhaws region, which straddles North Carolina and South Carolina.

 As Jackson was growing up in that area, he received an erratic education. Andrew joined the local militia and served as a courier during the Revolutionary War, at age 13. His older brother died in the Battle of Stono Ferry in 1779 wherein Andrew and his brother Robert were captured by the British. While the two brothers were in captivity, they developed the disease smallpox, Robert, unfortunately, did not recover from it. A few days after they got released from the British authorities, Robert died. It wasn’t long after his brother’s death that his mother also passed away from cholera. Andrew was orphaned at the young age of 14. 

In his late teens, Andrew was raised by his uncles and from there he started studying law in Salisbury, North Carolina. Only eight months after Andrew was elected to the Senate, he resigned from his job. In 1798, Jackson was elected a judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court, serving in that position until 1804. Along with being a lawyer, politician, and judge, he was also a landowner and a merchant.