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Donelson Family
John Donelson was an early pioneer of the middle Tennessee area of the United States. Rachel Stockley Donelson was delivered of 11 children who survived to adulthood. Seven of the Donelson siblings married and started families, producing an average of nine children per family. Their daughter Rachel Donelson's second husband was Andrew Jackson, who became the seventh president of the United States in 1828. The family originated in the Thirteen Colonies but over time established branches in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and beyond. As per the editors of ''The Papers of Andrew Jackson'', "The marriages of Rachel Jackson's brothers and sisters produced more than 50 adult children and innumerable grandchildren." The descendants of John Donelson are collectively notable because in marrying into the family, Andrew Jackson "gained an army of brothers, literally, and together these members of the kinship network created an efficient system that provided profits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Donelson
John Donelson (1718–1785) was an American frontiersman, ironmaster, politician, city planner, and explorer. After founding and operating what became Washington Iron Furnace in Franklin County, Virginia for several years, he moved with his family to Middle Tennessee which was on the developing frontier. There, together with James Robertson (explorer), James Robertson, Donelson co-founded the frontier settlement of Fort Nashborough. This later developed as the city of Nashville, Tennessee. Donelson and his wife Rachel had eleven children, four of them girls. Their tenth was daughter Rachel Jackson, Rachel, whose second husband Andrew Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States in 1828. Career Donelson served in the House of Burgesses, Virginia House of Burgesses. From about 1770 to 1779, he operated the Washington Iron Furnace at Rocky Mount, Virginia, Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. He next moved to the Watauga Association, Watauga settlements on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland River
The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river drains almost of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. The river flows generally west from a source in the Appalachian Mountains to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, and the mouth of the Tennessee River. Major tributaries include the Obey River, Obey, Caney Fork, Stones River, Stones, and Red River (Tennessee-Kentucky), Red Rivers. Although the Cumberland River basin is predominantly rural, there are also some large cities on the river, including Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville and Clarksville, Tennessee, Clarksville, both in Tennessee. The river system has been extensively altered for flood control. Major dams impound areas of both the main stem and many of its important tributaries. Geography Its headwaters are three separate forks that b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato West
Cato Charles West was an American military officer and politician. He was Secretary of the Mississippi Territory and served as an acting territorial governor of Mississippi in 1804 and 1805. He corresponded with U. S. President Thomas Jefferson. Career He was a militia commander and had land claims in the territory. He succeeded William C. C. Claiborne who was posted to New Orleans after Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase () was the acquisition of the Louisiana (New France), territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River#Watershed, Mississipp .... He received a memorial of grievances. In 1917 a local historian wrote, "Of Cato West it is well-nigh useless to speak. He was one of the strongest writers of his day—a sort of intellectual athlete, who did not fall to serve the right cause at the right time, and in the right way. He was the father-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hinds
Thomas Hinds (January 9, 1780August 23, 1840) was an American soldier, and politician from the state of Mississippi, who served in the United States Congress from 1828 to 1831. Database at A hero of the War of 1812, Hinds is best known today as the namesake of Hinds County. Biography Early years Thomas Hinds was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, (now part of West Virginia), on January 9, 1780. He would later move to (Old) Greenville in Jefferson County, Mississippi, where he was appointed justice and assessor of the county in 1805. Hinds was made a member of the Mississippi Territorial Council in 1806, remaining in that position until 1808. Military career Hinds was commissioned as a cavalry lieutenant in October 1805, gaining promotion to major in September 1813, during the War of 1812. His forces participated with distinction in the Battle of Pensacola (1814) and the Battle of New Orleans (1814–1815), under the command of General Andrew Jackson. Battle of New O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abner Green
Abner Green (b. 1762 – d. bef. 1817) was a wealthy planter of the Natchez District in West Florida, later Mississippi, United States. He was appointed treasurer of Mississippi Territory in 1802 and served until 1804. Biography Abner Green was reportedly born January 21, 1762 in James City County, Virginia, the son of Thomas Marston Green Sr. Green was in the Natchez district by 1784 when he sold a man and woman, both 50 years of age, to Richard Harrison for $490. In 1787 he and his brother Thomas M. Green Jr. bought 11 slaves, some native to Jamaica and Africa, from Daniel Clark for $6,050. In March 1801, a traveler on the River recorded that he went "...out to Abner Greens with his father Col. Thomas Green; stayed all night; Green has a fine farm is very rich. Thursday 23d; After breakfast went to old Col. Hutchins. The Colonel returned with me to Mr. Greens to dinner; Greens wife is Hutchins daughter: in the evening returned to Col. Hutchins and stayed all night; spent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas M
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), a 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John George Walker
Major-General John George Walker (July 22, 1821 – July 20, 1893) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served as a brigadier general under Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet, before commanding the Texas Division unit in the Trans-Mississippi Department, known as Walker's Greyhounds for their speed and agility. He was ordered to disrupt U.S. Grant's supply-line opposite Vicksburg, Mississippi, but Grant had managed to cross to the East Bank, and Walker was reduced to minor operations, one of them against some of the first African-American troops to serve in battle. He was able to make a bigger contribution to the Red River Campaign in support of General Richard Taylor. Early life and career John George Walker was born in Jefferson City, Missouri.Eicher, p. 549. His mother Sarah Caffery Walker, was a niece of Rachel Jackson, the wife of Andrew Jackson. His father John Walker came from a distinguished political family from Kentucky and Missouri, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Walker (Missouri Politician)
John Walker (October 15, 1770 – May 26, 1838) was a U.S. politician from Missouri. John Walker was born in Brunswick County, Virginia. He later moved to Kentucky, and eventually settled in Howard County, Missouri in 1818. His wife Sarah Caffery, whom he married in 1800, was a niece of Rachel Jackson, the wife of Andrew Jackson. Walker was a member of a prominent Kentucky political family, and was the brother of U.S. Senator George Walker and U.S. Congressman David Walker and the uncle of James D. Walker, David S. Walker and Richard K. Call. His son John George Walker served as a Confederate general during the Civil War. A decade after moving to Missouri, Walker was elected to the Missouri Senate representing Howard County. He was elected as State Treasurer of Missouri in 1833. According to legend, he never kept the Treasurer's office locked or bolted, but secured government funds in an iron-bound oaken chest, and reportedly slept on top of the chest at night. Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David S
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Walker (Kentucky Politician)
David Walker (April 13, 1763 – March 1, 1820) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of George Walker and John Walker and grandfather of James D. Walker. He was the father of Florida governor David S. Walker and the uncle of another Florida governor Richard Keith Call. Walker played a pivotal role in the upbringing of his nephew, taking in Call's widowed mother (Walker's sister) and her children after the death of Call's father. Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, Walker attended public and private schools. He served in the Revolutionary War as a private under General Lafayette and was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He moved to Logan County, Kentucky. He served as clerk of county and circuit courts. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1793 to 1796, and an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in the 1st congressional district in 1803 and 1806. He served as major on the staff of Governor Isaac Shelby of Kentucky in the Battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Keith Call
Richard Keith Call (October 24, 1792 – September 14, 1862) was an American attorney, politician, and enslaver who served as the 3rd and 5th territorial governor of Florida. Before that, he was elected to the Florida Territorial Council and as a delegate to the U.S. Congress from Florida. In the mid-1830s, he developed two plantations in Leon County, Florida, one of which was several thousand acres in size. In 1860, Call enslaved more than 120 people and enslaved the third-most people in the county.Thomas Blake, "Largest Slaveholders from 1863 Slave Census Schedules" Free pages, Rootsweb Call was also a opposed to Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Walker (Kentucky Politician)
George Walker (1763 – August 19, 1819) was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, Walker attended the common schools and served in the American Revolutionary War. He moved to Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1794 and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Nicholasville, Kentucky, in 1799. He served as a commissioner of the Kentucky River Company in 1801. Walker was a member of the Kentucky State Senate from 1810 to 1814. He was then appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George M. Bibb, and served from August 30, 1814, to February 2, 1815, when a successor was elected. He died in Nicholasville in 1819, and was interred on his estate near there. George Walker was the brother of David Walker and John Walker and the great-uncle of James D. Walker. He was also the uncle of two governors of Florida, Richard Keith Call Richard Keith Call (October 24, 1792 – September 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
