John Hutchings (slave trader)

John Hutchings (c. 1775 – November 20, 1817) was a nephew by marriage of American slave trader, militia leader, and U.S. president Andrew Jackson.

[3] Claiborne wrote to Jackson in 1801, "I can assure you, with great truth, that Mr. Hutchings is a prudent, amiable young man, & is very attentive to your Interest.

The amount of Cotton is as follows: In 1811, Jackson wrote his wife Rachel from Natchez about his work with a coffle of slaves that, "My trusty friend John Hutchings, on the recpt of my letter had come down to this place recd.

all the negroes on hand and had carried them up to his farm..."[3]: 273 During the fiercely contested 1828 presidential election, an opponent of Jackson editorialized about Hutchings possibly receiving preferential treatment and an unearned officer's commission during the War of 1812, asking, "Was not your nephew Capt.

Appointing John Hutchings as an agent to acquire the supplies to avoid 'the evil that May arise from assembling the Indians without being prepared to administer to their wants.

[12] He died in 1817 and is buried about 20 miles northeast of Athens, Alabama, under a marker commissioned by Jackson that reads:[13] "Beneath This Marble Slab Rests the Remains of John Hutchings.

In 1818, the firm of Brahan & Hutchings of Huntsville, Alabama was cited as a reference in an advertisement for a commission merchant in Lexington, Kentucky.