Early 20s

While trying to retrieve some nephews from a British prison ship, Andrew's mother also fell ill and died.

After admission to the bar in 1787, he accepted an offer to serve as public prosecutor in the new Mero District of North Carolina, west of the mountains, with its seat at Nashville on the Cumberland River.

http://millercenter.org/president/about/historical-events

http://millercenter.org/president/biography/jackson-life-before-the-presidency