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A concise historical guide recounts the life, military career, and domestic legacy of Andrew Jackson alongside descriptions of his preserved home and grounds. It opens with personal anecdotes, including a mother’s admonitions and the youth’s Revolutionary-era imprisonment, then traces his legal and political advancement, militia leadership, campaigns against indigenous opponents, and his notable victory at New Orleans. Separate sections describe the mansion, museum collections, original log structures, and the family tomb, and the volume offers practical and historical notes for visitors and researchers interested in the site and its preservation.

ELECTED MAY 17, 1911

Miss Louise Grundy Lindsley, Regent
Mrs. J. Walter Allen, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary
Mrs. J. Cleves Symmes
Mrs. John C. Brown
Mrs. A. M. Shook
Mrs. James H. Campbell
Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer

ELECTED MAY 21, 1913

Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Regent
Miss Louise G. Lindsley, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. A. M. Shook, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary
Miss Carrie Sims
Mrs. R. A. Henry
Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson
Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks
Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer

ELECTED MAY 19, 1915

Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Regent
Miss Louise G. Lindsley, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. A. M. Shook, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary
Miss Carrie Sims
Mrs. R. A. Henry
Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson
Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks
Mrs. P. H. Manlove, Treasurer
Mrs. P. H. Manlove expiring February 27, 1917. Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks was elected treasurer and Mrs. Porter Phillips a director.

ELECTED MAY 16, 1917

Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson, Regent
Mrs. B. F. Wilson, First Vice-Regent
Miss Louise G. Lindsley, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, Treasurer
Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary
Mrs. A. M. Shook
Mrs. Porter Phillips
Mrs. R. A. Henry
Mrs. J. Washington Moore

ELECTED MAY 21, 1919

Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson, Regent
Mrs. B. F. Wilson, First Vice-Regent
Miss Louise G. Lindsley, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, Treasurer
Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary
Mrs. E. T. Lowe
Mrs. Porter Phillips
Mrs. Harry Evans
Mrs. R. A. Henry

ELECTED MAY 18, 1921

Mrs. Harry Evans, Regent
Mrs. Alex Caldwell, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. James S. Frazer, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary
Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. R. A. Henry
Mrs. Joseph H. Thompson
Mrs. Walter Stokes
Mrs. Harry Evans resigned April 4th 1922. Mrs. Henry elected Regent and Mrs. McFarland a director. Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks resigned December, 1921. Mrs. E. A, Lindsey elected treasurer. Mrs. Joseph H. Thompson resigned and Mrs. Reau Folk elected October, 1921.

ELECTED MAY 1922

Mrs. R. A. Henry, Regent
Mrs. Alex Caldwell, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. James S. Frazer, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary
Mrs. Maggie L. Hicks, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. Reau Folk
Mrs. Walter Stokes
Mrs. Craig McFarland

ELECTED MAY 16, 1923

Mrs. Walter Stokes, Regent
Mrs. Alex Caldwell, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. James S. Frazer, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary
Mrs. E. A. Lindsey, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. Reau Folk
Mrs. Craig McFarland
Mrs. John T. Henderson

ELECTED MAY 20, 1925

Mrs. Walter Stokes, Regent
Mrs. James Frazer, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Reau Folk, Secretary
Mrs. E. A. Lindsey, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. Craig McFarland
Mrs. H. L. Sperry.
Mrs. J. H. Overton

ELECTED MAY 18, 1927

Mrs. James S. Frazer, Regent
Mrs. Edward A. Lindsey, 1st Vice-Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Reau E. Folk, Secretary
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. H. L. Sperry
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sr.

ELECTED MAY 15, 1929

Mrs. Edward A. Lindsey, Regent
Mrs. Reau E. Folk, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. E. E. Graham, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. H. L. Sperry, Secretary
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. James E. Caldwell
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster

ELECTED MAY 20, 1931

Mrs. Edward A. Lindsey, Regent
Mrs. Reau E. Folk, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Secretary
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. James E. Caldwell
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster

ELECTED MAY 17, 1933

Mrs. Reau E. Folk, Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Walter Stokes, Corresponding Sec.
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. E. A. Lindsey
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. George Blackie

ELECTED MAY, 1935

Mrs. Reau E. Folk, Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Walter Stokes, Corresponding Sec.
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. E. A. Lindsey
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. George Blackie

ELECTED MAY, 1937

Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Walter Stokes, Corresponding Sec.
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. E. A. Lindsey
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. George Blackie
Mrs. Reau E. Folk.

ELECTED MAY, 1939

Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Geo. Blackie, Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. Charles Buntin
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. Walter Stokes
Mrs. James E. Caldwell expired 1939, and Mrs. Edgar Foster was elected her successor. Miss Martha Lindsey was elected to the Board.

ELECTED MAY, 1941

Mrs. Edward W. Graham, Regent
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. George F. Blackie, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary
Miss Martha Lindsey, Cor. Secretary
Mrs. Walter Stokes
Mrs. Charles E. Buntin
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Miss Louise G. Lindsley

ELECTED MAY, 1943

Mrs. Edward W. Graham, Regent
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. George F. Blackie, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Recording Secretary
Miss Martha Lindsey, Cor. Secretary
Mrs. Walter Stokes
Mrs. Charles E. Buntin
Miss Louise G. Lindsley
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Sr.

ELECTED MAY, 1945

Mrs. George F. Blackie, Regent
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary
Mrs. Walter Stokes
Mrs. Paul DeWitt
Mrs. Chas. E. Buntin
Mrs. E. W. Graham
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Miss Fermine Pride
Mrs. William P. Cooper
Mrs. Roy Avery

ELECTED MAY, 1947

Mrs. George F. Blackie, Regent
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Sec. Vice-Regent
Mrs. Lyon Childress, Treasurer
Mrs. Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary
Mrs. Walter Stokes
Mrs. Paul DeWitt
Mrs. Chas. E. Buntin
Mrs. E. W. Graham
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Miss Fermine Pride
Mrs. William P. Cooper
Mrs. Roy Avery

ELECTED MAY, 1949

Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Regent
Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent
Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Roy Avery, Treasurer
Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary
Mrs. George F. Blackie
Mrs. Charles E. Buntin
Mrs. Lyon Childress
Mrs. Paul DeWitt
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. E. W. Graham
Mrs. Douglas Henry
Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. William H. Wemyss

ELECTED MAY, 1951

Mrs. W. H. Wemyss, Regent
Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent
Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer
Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary
Mrs. George F. Blackie
Mrs. Charles Buntin
Mrs. Lyon Childress
Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. E. W. Graham
Mrs. Douglas Henry
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson
Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton

ELECTED MAY, 1953

Mrs. W. H. Wemyss, Regent
Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent
Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer
Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Cor. Secretary
Mrs. George F. Blackie
Mrs. Charles Buntin
Mrs. Lyon Childress
Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. E. W. Graham
Mrs. Douglas Henry
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson
Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith

ELECTED MAY, 1955

Mrs. Douglas Henry, Regent
Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent
Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer
Miss Martha Lindsey, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Corres. Secretary
Mrs. Geo. F. Blackie
Mrs. Horatio B. Buntin
Mrs. Lyon Childress
Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. E. W. Graham
Mrs. Henry Goodpasture
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson
Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith
Mrs. William H. Wemyss

ELECTED MAY, 1957

Mrs. William P. Cooper, Regent
Miss Martha Lindsey, First Vice-Regent
Miss Fermine Pride, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer
Mrs. Horatio B. Buntin, Secretary
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Corres. Secretary
Mrs. George F. Blackie
Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. Henry Goodpasture
Mrs. E. W. Graham
Mrs. Douglas Henry
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson
Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith
Mrs. William H. Wemyss

ELECTED MAY, 1959

Miss Martha Lindsey, Regent
Mrs. Douglas S. Henry, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer
Mrs. Horatio B. Buntin, Secretary
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Corres. Secretary
Mrs. George F. Blackie
Mrs. William P. Cooper
Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. Henry Goodpasture
Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith
Mrs. William H. Wemyss
Mrs. John Reid Woodward

ELECTED MAY, 1961

Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith, Regent
Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer
Mrs. Horatio Buntin, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright, Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. George F. Blackie
Miss Marian Craig
Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. Henry Goodpasture
Mrs. Douglas Henry
Mrs. Marvin E. Holderness
Miss Martha Lindsey
Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. Fred Russell
Mrs. Laird Smith
Mrs. William H. Wemyss
Mrs. John Reid Woodward

ELECTED MAY, 1963

Mrs. A. MacDowell Smith, Regent
Mrs. William P. Cooper, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. E. W. Graham, Second Vice-Regent
Mrs. Roy C. Avery, Treasurer
Mrs. Horatio Buntin, Recording Secretary
Miss Martha Lindsey, Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. George M. Blackie
Miss Marian Craig
Mrs. Paul E. DeWitt
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster
Mrs. Henry Goodpasture
Mrs. Douglas Henry
Mrs. Marvin E. Holderness
Mrs. Gilbert S. Merritt
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton
Mrs. Fred Russell
Mrs. Laird Smith
Mrs. William H. Wemyss
Mrs. John Reid Woodward
Mrs. Douglas M. Wright

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The Battle of New Orleans, Its Real Meaning, 35 Cents
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Mr. Bancroft’s Oration on the death of Andrew Jackson
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Rachel Jackson, 35 Cents
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Advice to Jackson from His Mother
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Historical Homes of the Old South (Drawings)
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Books and Pamphlets on Andrew Jackson
IN THE STATE LIBRARY DIVISION OF TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

Author Title Date of Publication
Jackson, Andrew Correspondence, 7 vols., ed. by John S. Bassett 1926-35
An American Officer Civil and Military History of Andrew Jackson 1825
Bassett, John S. The Life of Andrew Jackson, 2 vols. 1911
Bowers, Claude G. Party Battles of the Jackson Period 1922
Brady, Cyrus T. The True Andrew Jackson 1906
Brown, William G. Andrew Jackson 1900
Buell, Augustus G. History of Andrew Jackson 1904
Campbell, Tom W. Two Fighters and Two Fines 1941
Citizen of New York Memoirs of General Andrew Jackson 1845
Cobbett, William Life of Andrew Jackson 1834
Colyar, Arthur St. C. Life and Times of Andrew Jackson 1904
Dusenbery, Ben M. Monument to the Memory of Gen. Jackson 1845
Eaton, John H. The Life of Andrew Jackson 1817
Frost, John Pictorial Life of Andrew Jackson 1847
Gentleman of the Baltimore Bar Some Account of Gen. Jackson 1828
Goodwin, Philo A. Biography of Andrew Jackson 1832
Headley, Joel T. The Life of Andrew Jackson 1880
Heiskell, Saml. G. Andrew Jackson and Early Tenn. History, 3 vols. 1920
James, Marquis Andrew Jackson, 2 vols. 1938
Jenkins, Jno. S. Life and Public Services of Gen. Andrew Jackson 1880
Johnson, Gerald W. Andrew Jackson, An Epic in Homespun 1927
Karsner, David Andrew Jackson, The Gentle Savage 1929
Macdonald, Wm. Jacksonian Democracy, 1829-1837 1906
Mayo, Robert Political Sketches of Eight Years in Washington 1839
Nicolay, Helen Andrew Jackson, The Fighting President 1929
Ogg, Frederic A. The Reign of Andrew Jackson 1921
Parton, James Life of Andrew Jackson, 2 vols. 1860
Peck, Charles H. The Jacksonian Epoch 1899
Rowland, Eron O. Andrew Jackson’s Campaign Against the British 1926
Schlesinger, Arthur M. The Age of Jackson 1945
Snelling, William J. A Brief, Impartial History by a Free Man 1831
Sumner, William G. Andrew Jackson 1910
Syrett, Harold G. Andrew Jackson, His Contribution 1953
Van Deusen, Glyndon The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1848 1959
Waldo, Samuel P. Memoirs of Andrew Jackson 1819
Walker, Alexander Jackson and New Orleans 1856
Ward, John W. Andrew Jackson, Symbol for an Age 1955

FOR YOUNG READERS

Coy, Harold Real Book About Andrew Jackson 1952
James, Bessie R. The Courageous Heart 1934
Judson, Clara I. Andrew Jackson 1954

In addition to the above, the State Library has many valuable, rare, and out-of-print pamphlets on General Jackson.

Microfilms of Hermitage Letters and Documents are available at Joint University Library.

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Transcriber’s Notes

  • Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
  • Added headings in the text to match the Table of Contents
  • Corrected a few palpable typos.
  • In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.