Captain Lewis Robarbs

1758 - 1814  (55 years)

• Name	Lewis Robarbs
  Title	Captain
  Birth	5 Dec 1758	Goochland County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Apr 1814	Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA
  Person ID	I4097	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Rachel Donelson,   b. 17 Jun 1767, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Dec 1828, Hermitage, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1785	Kentucky, USA
  Marriage End	Aft 1790  [1]
  	Historians found that a friend of Lewis Robards had planted a fake article in his own newspaper, saying that the couple's divorce had been finalized. Later, Rachel ensured the divorce was completed. Supporters of Adams, accused Rachel of Bigamy
  Family ID	F1160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Dec 1758 - Goochland County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1 Mar 1785 - Kentucky, USA Death - 15 Apr 1814 - Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S365] Wikipedia: Rachel Jackson, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Jackson. Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, born Rachel Donelson, (June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States.[1][2] She lived with him at their home at The Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she was never First Lady, a role assumed by her niece, Emily Donelson. ... Historians found that a friend of Lewis Robards had planted a fake article in his own newspaper, saying that the couple's divorce had been finalized. The Jacksons later found out about Robards' action in planting the article, and that he had never completed the divorce. Later, Rachel ensured the divorce was completed. She and Jackson remarried in 1794. During the presidential election campaign of 1828, supporters of John Quincy Adams, Jackson's opponent, accused his wife of being a bigamist, among other things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Jackson