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Lyncoya Jackson, born in 1812, also known as Lincoyer, was a Creek Indian child adopted and raised by U.S. President Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel Jackson. Born to Creek ( Muscogee / Red Stick ) parents, he was orphaned during the Creek War after the Battle of Tallushatchee .
26. Jan. 2023 · Lyncoya was an infant orphaned in a village attack ordered by Jackson in 1813. He was taken in by Jackson and renamed, but his fate and feelings are unknown.
29. Apr. 2016 · Lyncoya was a Creek orphan who was brought home by Jackson after a bloody battle in 1813. Learn how Jackson's adoption of Lyncoya was part of his political and personal agenda, and how it reflected the complex dynamics of Native-white relations in the early 19th century.
- Rebecca Onion
Lyncoya was a survivor of the Battle of Tullushatchee in 1813, where American forces killed many Creek men and women. He was taken to the Hermitage, the home of Andrew and Rachel Jackson, who felt sympathy for the boy and hoped to educate him.
Lyncoya was a Creek War orphan adopted by Andrew Jackson in 1813 and educated with his son Andrew Jr. He died of tuberculosis at The Hermitage in 1828 and is buried somewhere on the property.
Did Jackson really adopt Lyncoya, a Creek orphan, after killing his family in a massacre? Historian Dawn Peterson explores the political and ideological motives behind this act of assimilative adoption.
16. Juni 2019 · Though Jackson referred to Lyncoya as his son, the adoption doesn't qualify him for a Father's Day card, some historians say.
