Colonel John Donelson
1718 - 1785 (67 years)
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Name Colonel John Donelson [1, 2] Birth 7 Apr 1718 Snow Hill, Worcester, Maryland, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Male DAR/SAR Daughters of the American Revolution: # A033074, Sons of the American Revolution: # P-149148 
Seal-DAR Seal-SAR Kinfolk of Note Father-in-law of President Andrew Jackson Occupation Colonial Frontiersman and Founder of Nashville Statue of Donelson & Robertson _MILT Abt 1776 Lt Colonel in Pittsylvania County Virginia Militia Death 17 Nov 1785 Barren County, Kentucky, USA [1, 2] Cause: Homicide - Mysteriously killed on the trail between Kentucky and Nashville
Burial Hermitage Churchyard Cemetery, Hermitage, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [1] 
Cemetery-Hermitage Churchyard (TN) Person ID I25771 A Tree Called Smith Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Family Rachel Stockley, b. 1715, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1794, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 79 years) Marriage Abt 1749 Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA Children 1. Rachel Donelson, b. 17 Jun 1767, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Dec 1828, Hermitage, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 61 years) [natural]2. Samuel Donelson, b. 1760, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. 1803, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 43 years) [natural]Family ID F10573 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 7 Apr 1718 - Snow Hill, Worcester, Maryland, USA 
Marriage - Abt 1749 - Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA 
Death - Cause: Homicide - 17 Nov 1785 - Barren County, Kentucky, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Places Statue of Donelson & Robertson
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Sources - [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), John Donelson.
- [S425] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
- [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), John Donelson.