Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-07-06
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iIARaoDsBUne, hiEacrn Co. XIV


llARRopsBURG, MERCER Co. XIV
April 18th, 1927
DEAR Sla In answer 10 your request, in re-
laion to publication in the lat Spirit OF Seventy
SIN, involving the character OF Mrs. jackson i,
which am referred TO being one of The J,rv
who found verdict against her, / say fhnt IL ;s
utterly untrue. 1 was well acquainted with
Mrs. Jackson previous to her first marriage with
Lewis Richards and several years afterwards. and
-ssn assure you that she sustained an u,bIe,n.baJ
character, and was considered one among tho e.,
our yonrg ladies'; her father, Col. Doneleon being
man OF the most respectable standing AfeI
her marriage with Mr.. Robards, a disagreement,
took place between her and her husband, on ar
connt oil charges oil Immoral conduct on his mart
and also becoming jealous of certain individual
mot Gen Jackson,) which evenIuated in her beinp
Competed TO return to her mother, who had in
the mean time, removed to the State of Tennessee
where her father died or killed by the Indians
intimate with Mr.. Robards and after Tho
separation, in conversation with him. he admit
ted 10 me, that his suspicious were uDus, and h.
expressly acquitted her OF any Illicit intercourse
with the individual suspected. AS 10 Gen. Jack
son, am OF the opinion, he never saw her previ-
Gus TO her separation from Mr. Richards, and the
divorce, believe, was obtained entirely trpo,fc.
an act Of the Virginia Legislature was pas.ed a,
the instance of the we'll known Can't jerk John
then member Of that bady, and brother in-Iavy
OF Nh RobaIds, (hsving married HE sister ! and
without any notice, as I believe to Mr.. Re-
L.
who was he Clerk OF the Court can speak For
my part, / consider Mrs jackson as most unustI,
and uneeneTcusy slandered. am well acquainted
win most OF tue circumstances. and regret 10 zee
fhe whole transaction msrepresented. have al
ways believed that MI. Robtrds had no person 10
blame, but his own improper conduct and ;A,Ior
sy know hiin well, but do not wish tn enter
into detail OF facts calculated to wound The feel
ngs OF his respectable relations aad friends am
myself, Tor Gen. Jackson as next President. and
10 nj ff Gato
me without authority, as consider the attack on
M's jackson as nngeneTous, unnanIy, and unjust
fouTs, with respect,
JAMES RAY.
NO OF
Mr. John McGiDnis states that be lived for anna
considerable time in the immediate hborbood nj
Mre Be'sPy Robards, the moth er of Lewis Ro
bards, the former husband of the present Mrs JacL
son; that Robsrds and bis wife then lived ,Vith
Old Mrs Hob'rls; tba, Lewis Robard, was zen
orally considered bad husband; that his uo,hs,
acknowledged that Rachael Robsrds was an anna
Die oman, and deserved better ireaiment that che
IN fact, loved her as well any child she ever
Tsised; that old Mrs. Robsrds told tbi. afi,nt
shoIt time before Mrs Il. Robsrds left Der bns
band for the purpose Of returning TO her ,no,ber,
ia Tennessee, that her son bad ordered his wife IN
clear herself, and never again shew her face in his
house That she appeared, for some time before
she returned 10 her mothers, 10 be an unbarny
and miserable woman; ihai finally her brohe, came
70 heh'uthJs aHd carried her oil 10 her friends in
Tennessee. lie states, explicitly, that he never
heard OF General jackson being in the neirbbor-
hood, and that he believes thar General JscksrnI
never visited the house Of Lewis Robards during
the time that they lived together; that Rob,,J!s
raiie sustained fair and iT-proachable charaete,
80 long az this sfiant knew her
The DAY personally appeared before me. la.
tee OF he Peace for the county of Mercer ,Ls
si'bin named John McGinnis, and mad oa,I, ~
ihe truth Of tie wi'hia statement Given undo,
ny haad, ibis 18Th April. 1927.
9. w. THOMPSON, J. p
No I0.1
DAHpcDsBURG March 3fst 1896
{ pEAH MAORI In compliance with vr,,,
wishes eSTres.el in you're Of yesterday, il NAV NO,
he improper TO inform you, that in TIE fail OF the
year ISL, I made ny place Of residercs in Lin
coin county, (now Mefcer,) where have conin-
we'd 30 live since. think it was in 1882. not
later than 1888. (but think The formerly became
Deputy Sheriff in Lincoln, end aceuainted with
Col. DoneIson and his family; tire Colonel had
tben two ftsUsbie's young lsdies viz. Jane and
lschael &c latter Of whom, l understand il N.
lady Of Cen Andrew Jackson. Some time shot
ly after my acquaintance in the family. Mice ~
chael became the wife OF Capt. Lewis Robs,ds 80
ne ssrne county, who hen lived in the fa,niIv -
his fnohsr, widow lady, nesr Hsrrod.b,,o
where be brought his wife, and continued 10 liz
With her in tbe family OF his mother, until some
disagreement took place bete rem the Captain snd
~ wife, which resulted IN separation, AID The
Sf'-in 80 fs' 70 fsf izisr, VINO, 1'evisls 10