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    is now part of Tennessee..”Biography.com Editors” Jackson had a successful private practice and accumulated a great deal of money. In 1788, he moved to the frontier settlement of Nashville. Eventually, he became a wealthy landowner using the money he earned from his private practice. Even though his mother, father, and his two brothers died he was still raised very well. He went on to be one of the best men in the USA. In 1798, Jackson was appointed a circuit judge on the Tennessee superior…

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    The Natchez Trace

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    connected frontier settlements in Tennessee, Kentucky and the Ohio Valley with the lower Mississippi River. Sections of the original road, however, followed ancient Native American trails that had been in use for thousands of years before European explorers arrived in North America. It once was an essential trade route for farmers, Indians, and boatmen. The Natchez Trace links three of the largest water courses in the United States; Cumberland River, Tennessee River, and Mississippi…

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    slave quarters at night and forced sex from a slave woman. In late summer of 1788 after only three years of marriage Samuel (Rachel’s brother) came to get Rachel and take her to Nashville. After Rachel’s arrival Andrew Jackson (a lawyer) arrived at Mrs. Donelsons boarding home. The reasoning for Jackson to arrive at Nashville was because of the many opportunities it offered for young men. Andrew was all alone and was homeless. Money was a constant problem for Jackson. While acting as a lawyer,…

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    of his mother and two brothers at the hands of Great Britian, he threw himself into politics and was accepted to the North Carolina bar in 1787, and soon moved to what became Nashville to set up a private practice. His wealth and success grew rapidly: Jackson married, built a mansion, went from the first man from Tennessee in the House of Representatives in 1796 to the U.S. Senate in 1797. He later gained fame as a military hero. Severing as a major general in the War of 1812, Jackson led…

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    Andrew Jackson: War Hero

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    Therefore, Andrew Jackson moved to Nashville, Tennessee. As soon as he arrived Jackson quickly fell in love with a married woman named Rachel Donelson Robards. Soon after Jackson and Rachel ran away to the south; Rachael made it clear that she was not happy with her current marriage (Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the American Presidency). With Kentucky and Tennessee both being open slates and new opportunities for individuals, Jackson took that to…

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    Bethel University

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    located in McKenzie Tennessee. As it stands today, Bethel University is the second oldest cornerstone of education throughout Carroll County and Tennessee for that matter, dating back as far as 1842. Additionally, the university has many satellite locations which are spread throughout the middle Tennessee area. I am associated with our Nashville campus where my role spans from Bethel University’s Senior Leadership Team and Faculty/facilitator, as well as, our Middle Tennessee Military…

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    Work Without Faith

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    What do you consider to be the most significant thing you learned in this module (include appropriate or applicable Scripture references)? The most things I learned in this module are that faith without works is dead. “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill, and yet you did not supply their bodily…

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    small town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She had a brother, whom both enjoyed playing various sports. When she was twelve years old, she and her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and attended Brentwood high school. Her father, Gene Windham, was given the job as assistant coach of Vanderbilt University football team. During Wendy’s senior year of high school, she applied to four different colleges Ole Miss, the University of Alabama, Vanderbilt, and the University of Tennessee. She was accepted…

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    and was praised as a hero. Jackson also served in the 1st Seminole War (1817-19) when he defeated the Spanish Governor in Florida. Andrew Jackson was a lawyer in North Carolina and then went on to Tennessee to establish a different life style. In 1796, he assisted at the convention that created the Tennessee Constitution. He was elected in 1797 as Tennessee's first US Representative and then as the senator of the United States in 1797 from which he resigned after eight…

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    the daughter of a local colonel. In 1796, Jackson was elected the first representative from Tennessee, and was elected into the U.S. Senate shortly after. He resigned eight months after, but was then assigned a circuit judge on Tennessee’s court. He then received a plantation, the Hermitage, and had a large mansion built on it. Four years into being a judge, he was appointed a major general in the Tennessee militia. In the War of 1812, he led an attack on the Creek Indians, who were allies with…

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