Andrew Jackson
Born at Waxhaw near the North-South Carolina border, Andrew Jackson (1767 - 1845) grew up to become a lawyer, war hero, and the seventh president of the U.S. Unlike most other politicians of his time, his family was not wealthy. His father died before he was born. In 1780 at age 13, he became a Revolutionary War scout and messenger. One year later, he was captured by the British, forced to march to a prison in South Carolina, then orphaned when his mother died.