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NASHVILLE, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- An archaeologist says he's located the grave in Tennessee of a man who was killed in an 1806 duel with Andrew Jackson long before Jackson became president.
Archaeologist Dan Allen says the feud between Charles Dickinson and Jackson started over a horse race, WSMV-TV in Nashville reports.
The matter escalated when Dickinson insulted Jackson's wife, prompting the two men to travel to Kentucky because duels were banned in Tennessee, Allen says.
Dickinson shot first, hitting Jackson two inches from his heart but Jackson was still able to fire his gun and kill Dickinson.
The location of Dickinson's final resting place has been a mystery for more than 100 years.
Allen says he followed historic documents and after months of digging located Dickinson's wooden coffin in the front yard of a west Nashville home.
Dickinson's remains have been taken to the Old Nashville City Cemetery.
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