USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -One of three children (all boys), Jackson grew up in near-poverty and received very little schooling as a child. His older brother Hugh died of heat stroke during the Battle of Stono Ferry-a battle against the British, near Charleston, SC, during the American Revolution in 1779.

Detailed explanation-2: -After resigning, he served as a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798 until 1804. Jackson purchased a property later known as the Hermitage, becoming a wealthy planter who owned hundreds of African American slaves.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the time of his death, Andrew Jackson had a net worth of $119 million. He is the sixth wealthiest president in American history.

Detailed explanation-4: -Andrew Jackson had a complex family history. Though he and his wife Rachel Jackson had no biological children, they had a rich marriage and many inter-relationships with children that they adopted or for whom they served as guardians, including those for whom Rachel was a biological aunt.

Detailed explanation-5: -Although Jackson was orphaned as a teenager and fathered no biological children, Andrew Jackson’s marriage to Rachel Donelson brought him into her large family of brothers, sisters, in-laws, nieces and nephews.