However, Jackson always claimed South Carolina as his native state.
His parents, Andrew Jackson Sr. and Elizabeth Hutchinson, were farmers of Scotch-Irish descent. They arrived in the American colonies from northern Ireland in 1765, bringing two young sons with them. They promptly traveled west to join relatives in the backwoods settlement of Waxhaw on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. A third son, Andrew Jr., was born in March 1767, less than two years afterthe family had settled on a farm and only two weeks after his father had suddenly died. Following her husband's death, Elizabeth and the children moved in with her invalid sister. Elizabeth kept house and provided care for her sister, and the children attended local schools. Elizabeth hoped young Andrew would grow up to be a Presbyterian minister, so for a more formal education she sent Jackson to an academy run by the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church. However, he never had any desire for a religious calling. At age eleven, he was sent to a boarding school.
A Family Lost to War
The American Revolution (1775–83) interrupted Andrew's education. One of his brothers was killed in combat in 1779.
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