Title: James B. McDowell Land Deed, signed by Andrew Jackson

Date/Date Range :   1829 April 1

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This land deed, dated April 1, 1829 and signed by Andrew Jackson, documents the purchase of 80 acres of land in Township Sixteen by James B. McDowell of Marion County, IN. The land was offered for sale in Indianapolis, IN.

Call number: MS-2185

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections by Gary Johnson in October 2004. It is part of the Johnson Family U.S. Presidential Collection.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], James B. McDowell Land Deed, signed by Andrew Jackson, MS-2185. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Andrew Jackson was the seventeenth President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. Born in 1767 in the frontier settlement of the Waxhaws in South Carolina, Jackson moved to Salisbury, NC in 1784 and received his license to practice law in 1787, beginning his practice in North Carolina's Western District in Washington County (now a part of Tennessee). In October 1788, he moved to Nashville where he met his wife Rachel. After serving as the major general of the Tennessee militia for twenty years and earning recognition as a military leader in the War of 1812, Jackson was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1823 and to the presidency in 1828. After serving two terms as president, Jackson returned to the Hermitage, his Nashville home, in early 1837. Eight years later, in 1845, Jackson died at his home at the age of 78.

No biographical information could be found on James B. McDowell of Marion County, IN.

This land deed, dated April 1, 1829 and signed by Andrew Jackson, documents the purchase of 80 acres of land in Township Sixteen by James B. McDowell of Marion County, IN. The land was offered for sale in Indianapolis, IN.

• Deeds -- Indiana.
• Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.