President Andrew had two brothers and no sister. Both brothers died without heirs. However this seems to be one of those fairy tails that will never die. My mother told me I was related to Andrew Jackson and I was - he was a poor farmer in Arkansas. Mary Harkey Russell maryiola@alltel.net http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bird Listowner Jackson-L

Mary, Wasn't there a cousin or something? Seems that I read that somewhere. Mayby I am thinking about a different one of the Jacksons. Grace ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Harkey Russell" <maryiola@alltel.net> To: <JACKSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [JACKSON] VERY common newbie mistake > President Andrew had two brothers and no sister. Both brothers died without > heirs. However this seems to be one of those fairy tails that will never > die. > My mother told me I was related to Andrew Jackson and I was - he was a poor > farmer in Arkansas. > Mary Harkey Russell > maryiola@alltel.net > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bird > Listowner Jackson-L > > > > > ==== JACKSON Mailing List ==== > There is also a Jackson-UK list to Subscribe send the word subscribe to Jackson-UK-L-request@rootsweb.com or for the digest form > Jackson-UK-D-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >