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Rachel Stockley Donelson

Birth: 1715
Accomack County, Virginia, USA
Death: 1794 (aged 78–79)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Hermitage Churchyard Cemetery

Hermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 36.2115632, Longitude: -86.6069829
Memorial ID: 6639117 View Source

The photo on here of 'her' is of her daughter Rachel that married Andrew Jackson.

Wife of Colonel John Donelson co-founder of Nashville.Mother of Rachel Jackson.

Headstone
Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ RACHEL STOCKLEY DONELSON WHO LIES HERE/ BORN IN VA 1715 DIED 1794/ AND HER HUSBAND COL. JOHN DONELSON BORN IN VA 1718/ KILLED BY INDIANS IN KENTUCKY 1785/ ERECTED BY THEIR DESCENDANTS AND/ RACHEL STOCKLEY DONELSON CHAPTER D.A.R./ HER CHILDREN RISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED/ APRIL 24 1933

[MONUMENT ORIGINALLY ERECTED IN 1933 IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY ON GALLATIN ROAD ACROSS FROM DONELSON HOME "EDENWOLD" (NEAR PRESENT CORNER OF GALLATIN ROAD AND TWO MILE PARKWAY) MOVED IN 1948 TO HERMITAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BY THE RACHEL STOCKLEY DONELSON CHAPTER DAR, ORIGINAL CEMETERY NO LONGER EXISTS]

The dates listed here are from the DAR and the Hermitage.
I will not change dates without proof.

The photo on here of 'her' is of her daughter Rachel that married Andrew Jackson.

Wife of Colonel John Donelson co-founder of Nashville.Mother of Rachel Jackson.

Headstone
Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ RACHEL STOCKLEY DONELSON WHO LIES HERE/ BORN IN VA 1715 DIED 1794/ AND HER HUSBAND COL. JOHN DONELSON BORN IN VA 1718/ KILLED BY INDIANS IN KENTUCKY 1785/ ERECTED BY THEIR DESCENDANTS AND/ RACHEL STOCKLEY DONELSON CHAPTER D.A.R./ HER CHILDREN RISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED/ APRIL 24 1933

[MONUMENT ORIGINALLY ERECTED IN 1933 IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY ON GALLATIN ROAD ACROSS FROM DONELSON HOME "EDENWOLD" (NEAR PRESENT CORNER OF GALLATIN ROAD AND TWO MILE PARKWAY) MOVED IN 1948 TO HERMITAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BY THE RACHEL STOCKLEY DONELSON CHAPTER DAR, ORIGINAL CEMETERY NO LONGER EXISTS]

The dates listed here are from the DAR and the Hermitage.
I will not change dates without proof.

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COL John Donelson

1718–1785

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Maintained by: Nick C.
Originally Created by: grave hunter
Added: Jul 26, 2002
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6639117/rachel-donelson: accessed ), memorial page for Rachel Stockley Donelson (1715–1794), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6639117, citing Hermitage Churchyard Cemetery, Hermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Nick C. (contributor 46961628).

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