Lyncoya Jackson
Lyncoya Jackson | |
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Born | 1812 Alabama, U.S. |
Died | July 1, 1828(1828-07-01) (aged 15–16) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Occupation | Saddler |
Lyncoya Jackson (1812 – July 1, 1828),[1] also known as Lincoyer, was a Creek Indian child adopted and raised by U.S. President Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel Jackson. Born to Creek (Muscogee/Red Stick) parents, he was orphaned during the Creek War after the Battle of Tallushatchee. Lyncoya was brought to Jackson after the surviving women in the village refused to care for him because they were severely injured.[2] Jackson took pity on the orphan and wrote that he felt an "unusual sympathy" for the child, perhaps because of Jackson's own past as an orphan. He called him a savage that fortune brought to him.[2] Deciding to protect him, Jackson sent him along to be raised by his wife while he continued to lead his army.[3]
Lyncoya was brought to the Jackson home, the Hermitage, in 1813.[4][5] He was educated along with Andrew Jackson's first adopted son, Andrew Jackson Jr.,[4][5][6] and Jackson even had aspirations to send him to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Instead, Lyncoya was apprenticed to be a saddle maker and stayed at the Hermitage until he died of tuberculosis in 1828. He was 16 at the time.[4][5][6]
See also
- Zintkála Nuni – Survivor of the Wounded Knee Massacre
References
- ^ Remini 1977, p. 194.
- ^ a b "Lyncoya (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved Jan 18, 2021.
- ^ Andrew, Jackson (1984). Papers of Andrew Jackson, vol. 2. University of Tennessee Press.
- ^ a b c "Children | Andrew Jackson's Adopted Family". The Hermitage. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ a b c Foster, Feather Schwartz (2014-07-13). "Lincoya: Andrew Jackson's Indian Son". Presidential History Blog. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ a b "Write My Research Paper - Woes into Triumphs with Our Innovative Solutions".
Sources
- Remini, Robert V. (1977). Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767–1821. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8018-5911-3.
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