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Rachel Robards Death

Rachel passed away on December 22, 1828 at the age of 61.

Rachel Robards Birthday and Date of Death

Rachel Robards was born on June 15, 1767 and died on December 22, 1828. Rachel was 61 years old at the time of death.

Birthday: June 15, 1767
Date of Death: December 22, 1828
Age at Death: 61

Rachel Robards - Biography

Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, born Rachel Donelson, was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States.Rachel Donelson was born near the Banister River, about ten miles from Chatham, v*rginia in Pittsylvania County on June 15, 1767. Her father was Colonel John Donelson, co-founder of Nashville, Tennessee, and her mother was Rachel Stockley Donelson (1730-1801) Her great-grandfather, Patrick Donelson, was born in Scotland about 1670. She had seven brothers and three sisters: Alexander Donelson (1749-1785); Mary Donelson Caffrey (1751-?); Catherine Donelson Hutchings (1752-1835); Stockley Donelson (1753-1804); Jane Donelson Hay (1757-1834); John Donelson (1755-1830); William Donelson (1756-1820); Samuel Donelson (1758-1804); Severn Donelson (1763 or 1773 -1818); Leven Donelson (1765-?). From about 1770 to 1779, her father operated the Washington Iron Furnace at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, v*rginia. With her family, she moved to Tennessee at the age of twelve Her father led about six hundred people from Fort Patrick Henry to Fort Nashborough, down the Cumberland River. The Donelson family were the first white settlers in Tennessee.