Betty (“Bet”) (Jackson)

I represent Betty, called “Bet,” an enslaved woman in the household of General Andrew Jackson. I was in the household of Rachel Donelson Jackson in Pensacola during the time General Jackson was living at 15 Mile House (the home of Don Manuel Gonzalez), awaiting the proper time to enter town for the changing of the flags. I was documented as being present in Pensacola only because I misbehaved. Mrs. Jackson complained to her husband, who wrote to Dr. Bronaugh to pass along the order to have me whipped. A January 1829 inventory of the slaves at The Hermitage shows I was born about 1793, making me 18 years old in 1821. My mother was the enslaved woman, Hannah, who was purchased by the Jacksons at the same time as I. My son was Alfred, known as “Uncle Alfred,” who served the Jacksons his entire life and lived at The Hermitage long after their passing.