American Battlefield Ghost Hunter Society

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American Battlefield Ghost Hunter Society

American Battlefield Ghost Hunter Society

His fiery personality brought him both friends and enemies during his life time and possibly continues to hound him after his death.

Jackson's Marriage

Although a lawyer by profession, he married Rachael Donelson Robards who was still married at the time. Rachael was estranged from her husband, Lewis Robards, and they thought that the divorce had dissolved her first marriage. When Lewis Robards brought forth a civil suit against Rachael labeling her as a bigamist, she was devastated. Very quietly, she and Jackson went to Natchez, Mississippi and remarried. That event cost Rachael her reputation and brought the couple much sorrow and grief. Most of Nashville's polite society refused to receive her and this possibly hastened her death.

Duels, Executions, and the Trail of Tears

Due to his temper, Jackson fought several duels and killed Charles Dickenson in a duel over a horse race. Dickenson shot first and injured Jackson, but as custom demanded, he had to stand in place as Jackson cooly aimed and fired at him. Dickenson died instantly. Although the killing was entirely legal by the laws at that time, many people considered Jackson to be a cold blooded murderer. Jackson didn't have to shoot to kill. Again the couple was banished from polite society in Nashville.