Andrew Jackson - Gainesboro, TN
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A bust of U.S. President Andrew Jackson on the Jackson County Courthouse square in Gainesboro, TN.
Waymark Code: WM14BEC
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2021
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"Andrew Jackson
Victor
Battle of New Orleans
Dedicated to the memory of
Alice Hawkins Whitson of Dodson's Branch
by her grandson,
Sam T. Barnes - the sculptor, AD 2001
Charlie Hix, county executive
Ronny West, county historian"
Reference: plaque and info at base of bust
"Jackson County was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 6, 1801. It was the 18th county established in the state. It was formed from part of Smith County plus Indian lands. The name honors Andrew Jackson, who by 1801 had already served as a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Tennessee, a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, and a colonel in the Tennessee militia. He became more widely known as commander at the Battle of New Orleans and as the seventh President of the United States."
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