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- "Kinfolks" by William Curry Harllee p. 2471.
His home was the famous old mansion 'Rokeby.' It was the handsomest residence in all the country around Nashville, and the five attractive daughters (the sixth, Sarah Clack, probably died young) of the house, who were all belles, made it the center of social pleasure for a number of years. Their mother's fine family connection, and their father's distinguished position of note, United States Marshal for the Western District, and a patron of learning in his capacity as trustee of Davidson Academy (University of Nashville) besides being one of the wealthiest men of the times. General Andrew Jackson was at times almost a member of the household. His room at 'Rokeby' was kept in readiness for him.
A devoted friend of General Andrew Jackson, a U.S. Marshal and later Justice of the Court in Nashville, and was a prominent lawyer and wealthy land owner. He "read law" after he became a Justice of the local Court and was admitted to the Nashville Bar in 1834, six years after his son, George C. Childress, was admitted. "Kinfolks" by William Curry Harllee p. 2471, 2593, 2597-2603, 2610, 2691.
See also KINSHIP BOOK, by Bond, p. 485, 489.
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1773 - 1819 (45 years)
d. 7 Sep 1822, Nashville, Tennessee 