This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JACKSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/6734.3.1.1 Message Board Post: >>> because stonewall is direct decendant of andrew <<< How can Stonewall be a "direct" descendant of Andrew, when Andrew and Rachel never had any children, except for Rachel's nephew, who was adopted and then renamed Andrew Jackson, Jr.? He was not a "blood" son of Andrew's. Do you have a source for the direct descendancy? If I am wrong on this, I really would appreciate being corrected. Two good websites for Stonewall and Andrew are: http://www.thehermitage.com/jackson/quick_facts/faq/content.htm (Andrew Jackson) http://www.vmi.edu/archives/jackson/tjgenea.html (Stonewall ancestors and descendants)