The Robards–Donelson–Jackson relationship controversy was a long-running frontier sex scandal that began in the 1790s in what was then the far west of the newly established United States of America. T
Miniatures of Rachel and Andrew Jackson
Marriage bond of Andrew Jackson and Rachel Donelson Robards, signed by Andrew Jackson, his bondsmen Robert Hays and John Overton, witnessed by Andrew Ewing, January 17, 1794
1785 marriage bond filed in state of Virginia for Lewis Robards and Rachel Donaldson (Rachel Donelson), signed by John Donelson with Willis Green clerk of court; Rachel was about 18, Robards was about 27
Silhouettes of Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson and Andrew Jackson, made about 1828, from The Papers of Andrew Jackson, Volume VI
Lewis Robards
Videos
Lewis Robards was an American Revolutionary War veteran and Kentucky pioneer who is best remembered as the first husband of Rachel Jackson.
Pension record for Lewis Robards' widow Hannah Winn Robards