The Hermitage - Home of President Andrew Jackson

On Sunday, 30 Oct, we went to Andrew Jackson home, The Hermitage.  Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States.  For most of his adult life he lived at The Hermitage, a mansion and cotton plantation in Nashville.  The mansion is preserved much the way it looked when he was alive.  We were not able to take any photos inside the mansion.  Almost all the things in The Hermitage, including the furniture and decorations are the exact ones that were there when Andrew Jackson lived there.  Even the books and newspapers in his office are the ones he owned and read when he was alive.

These are Belted Galloway cattle that live on the property

View along the path to the mansion

  You are met at the front door of the mansion by ladies
in period clothing who guide you through the mansion.

The back of the mansion

Here is the tomb of Andrew and his wife Rachel Jackson.
Rachel Jackson died first, on December 22, 1828.  She
 died after her husband was elected president, but before
  he assumed office.

The tomb of Alfred Jackson, a slave born at the Hermitage
 and remained until his death.  He was buried in the
 garden next to Andrew Jackson's tomb.

The small family graveyard next to Andrew and Rachel's tomb

Walkway through the garden to the graveyard.

This log cabin was the home of the slave Alfred.  He lived at
 the Hermitage longer than anyone else. 

The interior of Alfred's cabin

   This cabin was the "First Hermitage".  Andrew and Rachel
lived  here before they built the big house.  When the
     Jackson's lived here the farmhouse was two stories.  The
 first floor was removed when they moved into the house.
  It was then used as a home for one of his slave families.  

One of the Belted Galloway cows

A cotton field....Sandy is in the middle picking cotton.

Hermitage Church.  The Jackson family attended for many years.

Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Cemetery located on the
 grounds of The Hermitage property.  There are 483
 veterans buried here.

The road leading onto the Hermitage property.  

After all the walking we did we were hungry
so stopped here for dinner.