Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | History of the Collection | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1767, Mar. 15 | Born, Waxhaw District, S.C. |
| 1780-1781 | Fought in American Revolution |
| 1787 | Admitted to the North Carolina bar, Salisbury, N.C. |
| 1788 | Public prosecutor, Nashville, Tenn. |
| 1791 | Married Rachel Donelson Robards (died 1828) |
| 1794 | Remarried Rachel Donelson Robards following questions about legality of divorce from her first husband |
| 1795-1796 | Operated mercantile business in Nashville, Tenn., in partnership with Samuel Donelson |
| 1796 | Elected delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention |
| 1796-1797 | Member, United States House of Representatives from Tennessee |
| 1797-1798 | United States senator from Tennessee |
| 1798-1804 | Judge, Tennessee Superior Court |
| 1802 | Elected major general, Tennessee militia |
| 1804 | Purchased "Hermitage" property near Nashville, Tenn. |
| 1812-1815 | Led troops in southern expedition against Indians and British |
| 1814 | Defeated Creek Indians, Battle of Horseshoe Bend Commissioned major general, U.S. army, and assigned to defend New Orleans, La. |
| 1815, Jan. 8 | Defeated British forces, Battle of New Orleans |
| 1818 | Commanded forces against Seminole Indians and invaded Spanish territory of Florida |
| 1821 | Commissioned governor, Florida Territory |
| 1823-1825 | United States senator from Tennessee |
| 1829-1837 | President, United States |
| 1845, June 8 | Died at the "Hermitage" |