<P> Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaws region of the Carolinas . His parents were Scots - Irish colonists Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, Presbyterians who had emigrated from present day Northern Ireland two years earlier . Jackson's father was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in current - day Northern Ireland, around 1738 . Jackson's parents lived in the village of Boneybefore, also in County Antrim . His paternal family line originated in Killingswold Grove, Yorkshire, England . </P> <P> When they immigrated to North America in 1765, Jackson's parents probably landed in Philadelphia . Most likely they traveled overland through the Appalachian Mountains to the Scots - Irish community in the Waxhaws, straddling the border between North and South Carolina . They brought two children from Ireland, Hugh (born 1763) and Robert (born 1764). Jackson's father died in a logging accident while clearing land in February 1767 at the age of 29, three weeks before his son Andrew was born . Jackson, his mother, and his brothers lived with Jackson's aunt and uncle in the Waxhaws region, and Jackson received schooling from two nearby priests . </P> <P> Jackson's exact birthplace is unclear because of a lack of knowledge of his mother's actions immediately following her husband's funeral . The area was so remote that the border between North and South Carolina had not been officially surveyed . In 1824 Jackson wrote a letter saying that he was born on the plantation of his uncle James Crawford in Lancaster County, South Carolina . Jackson may have claimed to be a South Carolinian because the state was considering nullification of the Tariff of 1824, which he opposed . In the mid-1850s, second - hand evidence indicated that he might have been born at a different uncle's home in North Carolina . As a young boy, Jackson was easily offended and was considered something of a bully . He was, however, said to have taken a group of younger and weaker boys under his wing and been very kind to them . </P> <P> During the Revolutionary War, Jackson's eldest brother, Hugh, died from heat exhaustion after the Battle of Stono Ferry on June 20, 1779 . Anti-British sentiment intensified following the brutal Waxhaws Massacre on May 29, 1780 . Jackson's mother encouraged him and his elder brother Robert to attend the local militia drills . Soon, they began to help the militia as couriers . They served under Colonel William Richardson Davie at the Battle of Hanging Rock on August 6 . Andrew and Robert were captured by the British in 1781 while staying at the home of the Crawford family . When Andrew refused to clean the boots of a British officer, the officer slashed at the youth with a sword, leaving him with scars on his left hand and head, as well as an intense hatred for the British . Robert also refused to do as commanded and was struck with the sword . The two brothers were held as prisoners, contracted smallpox, and nearly starved to death in captivity . </P>

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