Wow, that is really cool! Thanks for sharing that information about your family’s history.

BTW. As for Jackson, he was an interesting character. I read a Jackson biography, and my impression of the man is that he had a black/white view of the world. Not racial, but right from wrong. If he thought you had insulted him it was important to right that wrong. He carried a lead ball for the rest of his life, and some say that he was suffering from lead poisoning, and that gave him an irascible personality.

As an aside, there was a famous duel between Button Gwinett, one of the Declaration Signers from Georgia. Gwinett was killed in that duel. My ancestor was his double. Strangely enough, a couple of years after Gwinett”s death, my ancestor was killed in a duel. Both duels were the result of Revolutionary War patriot factions in Georgia. Gwinett and my ancestor were the radicals, and the other guys were the ones who weren’t quite as patriotic towards the colonies as the radicals. At one time there were three groups of men saying they were the legitimate government of Georgia (including the British Governor). They didn’t mess around arguing. They put their lives on the line for what they believed.

Yes, but if someone called my wife a bigamist, I would not think a duel (to possible death) would be called for. Gosh, I have been called worse by eight year old children. And let’s be honest. While defending the honor of his wife may be the reason that he stated for the duel, both you and I know he was really just upset about the horse bet and being called a coward.

The next line was taken from a History.com article. “Estimates of the number of duels in which Jackson participated ranged from five to 100.”
Really? Possibly 100 men had an issue with offending Jackson’s wife’s honor? I think more likely he had a temper and try to use gentlemen intentions to get away with it.

And ya, the gif was a great find!

I adored the gif 🙂 And tell me, weren’t many of Jackson’s duels related to defending the honor of his wife Rachel?