The Hermitage: a Project Gutenberg eBook

ELECTED MAY, 1943
Mrs. Edward W. Graham, Regent
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. George F. Blackie, Second 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, 2nd 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. W. P. Cooper
Mrs. Roy Avery

ELECTED MAY, 1947
Mrs. George F. Blackie, Regent
Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, First Vice-Regent
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, 2nd 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. W. P. Cooper
Mrs. Roy Avery

ELECTED MAY, 1949
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Regent
Mrs. Wm. 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

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES

The first board of trustees, appointed in 1889, consisted of Adolph S. Ochs of Chattanooga; H. H. Ingersoll, Knoxville; James D. Porter, Paris; E. S. Mallory, Jackson; Gen. John C. Brown, Nashville; Gen. W. H. Jackson, Nashville; Dr. J. Berrien Lindsley, Nashville; L. F. Benson, Nashville; and W. R. French, Tullahoma.

The present board of trustees consists of E. A. Lindsey, Nashville, Chairman; William E. Beard, Nashville; Henry Barker, Bristol; Lewis R. Donelson, Memphis; C. Lawrence Winn, Nashville; Herbert Gannaway, Memphis; Stanley F. Horn, Nashville; Marvin McTyiere Cullom, Nashville; John A. Chambliss, Chattanooga.

INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Adams, Dan, 202.: Mrs. Marion, 41, 42, 100, 101.
Additions to Hermitage (1831), 22.
Anderson, Patton, 176.
Armstrong, Robert, 27, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 167, 168.

B
Baker, T. L., 55.
Barksdale, Alex. (Overseer), 161.
Barnum, Phineas T., 155, 156.
Baxter, Mrs. Nathaniel, 46.
Bentham, Jeremy, 18.
Benton, Thomas H., 97, 99, 144, 204.
Bertrand, Marshall, 147.
Blount, Willie, 160.
Books in library, 65.
Boone, Daniel, 150.
Brownlow, Wm. G., 151.
Buchanan, James, 137.
Burr, Aaron, 15, 17, 139, 140, 141, 142.

C
Caffery, Donelson, 16.
Carriage House, 89, 90.
Cartright, Peter, 195, 196.
Cemetery, burials in, 84.
Childress, George C., 29.
Chronology (Appendix A), 207.
Clover Bottom, 13, 14, 140, 141.
Coffee, John, 7, 14, 22, 24, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 135, 141, 148, 149, 190.
Combs, Leslie, 151, 152.
Contract for rebuilding Hermitage, 31.
Conveyance of Hermitage to Ladies’ Hermitage Association, 45.
Cooper, Matthew D., 127.
Cost of rebuilding, 35, 36.
Cotton, cultivation and marketing, 18, 35, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174.
Cryer, Hardy M., 80.

D
Davis, Jefferson, 142, 143.
Death of General Jackson, 205.
Decatur, Stephen, 60.
Description of house, 58.
Dickinson, Charles, 14, 15, 17, 177.
Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 27, 31, 67, 72, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 134, 149, 162, 173, 184, 200.: Elizabeth E. (Mrs. John), 12.; Emily (Mrs. A. J.), 60, 112, 113, 114, 134.; John, 7, 191.; Samuel, 105.; Severn, 101.; Stockley, 27, 186.; William, 27, 111, 119, 178.; William Alexander, 44.; Mrs. William Alexander, 44.
Dorris, Mrs. D. R., 44.
Douglas, Stephen A., 152.
Driveway, 53, 58, 88, 127.

E
Earl, R. E. W., 24, 25, 58, 67, 125, 126, 127.
Early Life of General Jackson, 3, 4.
Eaton, Major John M., 81, 115, 148.: Peggy (Mrs. John M.), 112, 113, 117, 148, 149, 150.
Ephriam (Truxton’s groom), 186.
Epitaph of General Jackson, 82.: of Mrs. Andrew Jackson, 81.
Estate of General Jackson, 38.

F
Fillmore, Millard, 117, 138.
Fire at Hermitage, 26-27.
First excursion to Hermitage, 49.
Flowers in garden, 75, 76, 77.
Forrest, General Nathan Bedford, 156.
Frost, William, 74.
Furniture, invoice for, 68, 69.

G
Garden, 73.
Gilbert (runaway slave), 184, 185.
Greyhound, 175.

H
Hamilton, James M., 153, 154.
Hampton, Wade, 16.
Harris, Isham G., 41, 86.
Hayes, Rutherford B., 138.
Hays, Nathaniel, 13.
Hays, Robert, 159.
Healy, G. P. A., 201.
Hermitage (See subjects pertaining to).: Church, 187, 188, 189, 191, 193.
Hobbs, Edward (Overseer), 166, 167, 168.
Holliday (Overseer), 169.
Holtzclaw, Burnard W., 164, 165, 181, 182, 183.
Horses, breeding of at Hermitage, 174, 175, 176, 177.
Houston, Sam, 138, 139, 200.
Hume, Dr. William, 193.: William C., 30, 31, 34.
Hunter’s Hill, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 91, 92, 103, 108.
Hutchings, Andrew J., 67, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122.: John, 11, 14, 159.

J
Jackson, Albert Marble, 49.: Amy Rich (Mrs. Andrew, III), 43, 44.; & Hutchings, 10, 14.; General Andrew (See subjects pertaining to).; Andrew, Junior, 22, 28, 36, 37, 38, 42, 67, 94, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110.; Andrew, III, 41, 42, 43, 44, 53, 110, 187.; Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew), 2, 4, 5, 13, 19, 42, 99, 131, 132, 133, 143, 158, 159.; Sarah York (Mrs. Andrew, Junior), 36, 42, 43, 60, 104, 187.; Samuel, 41.
Jackson’s Well, 7.
James, Jesse, 194.
Jennings, Dr. O., 130, 131.
John Randolph, burning of, 61, 70.
Johnson, Andrew, 40.

K
Kitchen of Hermitage, 23, 88.

L
Ladies’ Hermitage Association, 43, 46, 50, 52, 66, 75, 77, 79, 87, 93.
Lafayette, Marquis, 67, 145, 146, 147.
Lawrence, Rachel Jackson, 42, 55, 61, 81, 110.
Lee, Major Henry, 81, 129, 130, 134.: Robert E., 130.
Lewis, Major W. B., 19, 35, 37, 109, 114, 134, 178, 183, 204.
Lind, Jenny, 155.
Love, Col. Chas. J., 30, 31, 119, 163, 166, 167.
Lyncoya, 122, 123, 124, 125.

M
Michaux, Andre, 147.
Monroe, James, 17, 137.
Morrison, D., 22, 24, 81.
Mombrino, 167.

N
Nashville, 4, 6, 26, 29, 42, 44, 45, 49, 55, 61, 67, 68, 77, 81, 83, 86, 90, 103, 112, 115, 120, 124, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 143, 147, 151, 153, 155.
Natchez, 5, 7, 9.
New Orleans, 9, 18, 29, 30, 60, 68, 88, 90, 92, 100, 102, 108, 159, 172, 189.
New York, 18, 90.

O
Original Hermitage, description of, 17.
Origin of name “Hermitage,” 18.
Old Hickory Powder Plant, 7.
Overton, John, 4, 14, 15, 131, 148.
Overseers, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 185.

P
Parton, James, 1, 19, 20, 97, 133, 150.
Person, Benjamin B. (Overseer), 162.
Philadelphia, 9, 18, 61, 68, 71, 76, 90, 104, 109, 110, 120.
Pictures of Hermitage, 24, 25, 26.
Pierce, Franklin, 137.
Plantation, operation of, 71, 158.
Polk, James K., 117, 138, 199, 200.
Poll, the Hermitage parrot, 110, 111.
Poplar Grove (Poplar Flat), 7, 158.
Purchase of Hermitage by State, 39.: of Hermitage land in 1804, 13.

R
Reiff & Hume, 30, 31, 35, 117.: Joseph, 20, 21, 30, 31, 34, 168.
Relics, acquisition of, 53.
Religious life of General Jackson, 100, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198.
Robards, Lewis, 4, 5, 8.
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 138.: Theodore, 51, 52, 57, 138.

S
Shannon, John, 8.
Shelby, Isaac, 151.
Slaves at Hermitage, 177, 178, 179, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186.
Smith, General Daniel, 111.
Smokehouse, 89.
Son, adoption of, 101.
Springhouse, 91.
Steele, Graves W. (Overseer), 106, 162, 163, 178, 183, 197.

T
Taft, William H., 138.
Texas Regiment entertained, 157.
Toland, Henry, 29, 63, 68, 107.
Tomb in garden, 80, 83, 86, 87, 180.
Trees in garden, 74, 78, 85.: on grounds, 88.
Trist, Nicholas P., 116, 127.
Truxton, 175, 176, 177, 186.
Tulip Grove, 31, 87, 117, 139.

U
Uncle Alfred, 54, 55, 77, 84, 87, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 135, 138.

V
Van Buren, Martin, 115, 126, 137, 169, 199, 200.
Verrell, Major John, 175.

W
Wall paper, 50, 51, 61, 62, 63.
Walton, Ira (Overseer), 185.
Ward, Col. Edward, 11, 12, 103, 188.
Washington, D. C., 18, 19, 22, 26, 28, 50, 51, 71, 73, 76, 80, 90, 103, 104, 108, 112, 113, 114, 115, 119, 120, 135, 169, 189.
Watson, Thomas, 11, 14.
White House, 1, 19, 22, 26, 28, 68, 103, 104, 110, 113, 116, 126.
White, Maunsel, 68, 171, 172.
Wise, Henry A., 130, 132.