Bulletin, 1978.

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Bulletin, 1978.

Consists of a Blackburn College bulletin containing biographical information on Gideon Blackburn (1772-1838), founder of the college and chaplain and counselor to Gen. Andrew Jackson.

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Jackson, Rachel, 1767-1828

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Born Rachel Donelson. Some time after 1780 she married Lewis Robards and later separated from him. In 1791, believing herself divorced, she married Andrew Jackson. Later it was discovered that Robards had never completed the proceedings, and the Jacksons had to wait for a final decree and re-marry in 1794. The scandal was used by Jackson's political enemies throughout his career. Rachel died soon after his election to the presidency. From the description of ALS, 1821 July 22, Pensaco...

Blackburn, Gideon, 1772-1838

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Gideon Blackburn, a Presbyterian clergyman, was born in Virginia and settled in Maryville, Tennessee. He established a mission to the Cherokee Indians in 1803. After resigning from missionary work in 1810, Blackburn continued working as minister and educator. He died in Carlinville, Illinois, after raising an endowment for a school to be located there, later called Blackburn College. From the description of Letter : Maryville, Tenn., to an unidentified recipient, 1809 Dec 12. (Unknow...

Blackburn College

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