Lyncoya Jackson

Lyncoya Jackson was a Creek Indian child adopted and raised by American President Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel Jackson. Born to Creek parents, he was orphaned during the Creek War following the Battle of Tallushatchee. Lyncoya was brought to Jackson after the surviving women in the village refused to care for him. Jackson took pity on the orphan, writing that he felt an "unusual sympathy" for the child, perhaps because of Jackson's own past as an orphan. Deciding to protect him, Andrew Jackson sent him along to be raised by his wife while he continued to lead his army.