Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, earned his law license in 1786 after apprenticing under judge and state representative Spruce Macay in Salisbury, North Carolina. Jackson's mentor John McNairy was appointed Superior Court Judge for the Western District of North Carolina in 1788 and he appointed Jackson prosecuting attorney for the district, which covered North Carolina’s territory from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River. Jackson traveled west across present-day Tennessee and arrived in Nashville in fall 1877. He established a law office and land speculation partnership with future Superior Court judge John Overton in 1794, operating here in a building Overton purchased in 1791. The building was razed in 1934.
Andrew Jackson’s Law Office
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Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, earned his law license in 1786 after apprenticing under judge and state representative Spruce Macay in Salisbury, North Carolina. Jackson's mentor John McNairy was appointed Superior Court Judge for the Western District of North Carolina in 1788 and he appointed Jackson prosecuting attorney for the district, which covered North Carolina’s territory from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River. Jackson traveled west across present-day Tennessee and arrived in Nashville in fall 1877. He established a law office and land speculation partnership with future Superior Court judge John Overton in 1794, operating here in a building Overton purchased in 1791. The building was razed in 1934.