Noah Guinn was a slave owned by General Andrew Jackson.  Jackson was a planter, slave owner and merchant.   In 1804 he acquire the Hermitage, a 640 acre plantation in Davidson County, Tennessee.  The primary crop was cotton, grown by his slaves.  Jackson began his life as a planter with 9 slaves, owned as many as 44 in 1820 and later up to 150.  Men, women and children were owned by Jackson on 3 sections of the Hermitage plantation, based upon occupation and status.  Slaves lived in groups of extended families, between 5 and 10 persons.  Hermitage archeologists have located 13 slave cabins in 3 different areas of the plantation; 3 cabins still stand.  They lived in 2-room cabins made of either logs or brick, with 2-20 feet square, single story rooms.  There was a small loft in each cabin for children's sleeping quarters, one door, one window and a fireplace.   "Andrew Jackson: Hermitage - Home of the Peoples President."   So that his slaves could acquire food, he gave them guns, knives, and fishing equipment. ("Planting Career and Controversy."  "Andrew Jackson" from Wikipedia)  Andrew Jackson's Plantation

Noah Guinn married Charity Selman, a free person, in Cherokee County on December 28, 1866 by J.M.R. Guinn, Justice of the Peace.
The 1870 census lists the Noah Guinn, mulatto, family as living in Beat 5, Leon County, Texas with post office at Centerville.  His occupation was that of a farmer.
Both Noah and his oldest son, John, registered to vote in the Cherokee County 1867 registration of all males over the age of 21.  He reported that
he had lived in Cherokee County, Texas for 12 months.
According to the 1900 U.S. Census for Precinct 2, Grayson County, Texas was born in March 1833 in North Carolina; his father was born in Maryland and his mother in Virginia.He was a farmer who owned his own farm on which he lived with his wife and children.  He was not able to read or write.

According to Grayson County Tax rolls for 1886, 1890, 1893, 1894, 1898, Noah Guinn owned 22 acres originally owned by F R. Rubio, valued at $340.

The Daily Hesperian
Gainesville, Texas

Denison, March 1 - Noah Guinn, colored, aged 86 years, died yesterday.  Deceased was a former slave of General Andrew Jackson.

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, March 5, 1905

Guinn, one of the best known colored men in this section died the past week at his home east of the city, 2 miles.  He has resided there a number of years on a hill that overlooks the whole country.  It is one of the prettiest places in suburban Denison.

The Lindsborg News-Record
Lindsborng, Kansas
Friday, March 10, 1905
pg. 3

ANDREW JACKSON'S SLAVE DIES
Dallas, Texas: Noah Guinn, a negro 86 years old, died in Grayson County, Texas, Tuesday night.  When a young man, Guinn was a slave of General Andrew Jackson in Tennessee.

Noah's grandson, W.E. Guinn, deposed in December 1916 in the county of Grayson, that he was the son of John Guinn, that he was familiar with the family history, and that Noah and his wife were deceased.  Noah and his wife were both married only the one time.  The following children were the only heirs of Noah and Charity Guinn as of February 1908.

The State of Texas County of Grayson Before Me, the undersigned , a Notary Public in and for Grayson County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared W E Guinn, son of John Guinn, who having been by me first duly sworn on this oath, deposes and says; That he is well acquainted with the family history of Noah Guinn, and that Noah and his wife are dead; that Noah Guinn and his wife were never married but one time, that the following children were born to said Noah Guinn and wife and no others, to-wit; John Guinn, whose wife was Rorces Guinn, B F Guinn whose wife if Julia Guinn; Mary Guinn, who married Frank Evans; and Vergil Sellman who married Tahaley Sellman. That neither Noah Guinn nor his wife left a will, that there was administration of the estate either of said parties and there was no necessity for administration of same, and that the said named children were the only heirs of said Noah Guinn and wife, on the last day of February 1908.       W E Guinn (grandson of Noah Guinn) Subscribed and sworn to before me, this the 8th day of December 1916, and the said W E Guinn, who is known to me to be the person whole name is inscribed to the foregoing  instrument , acknowledged to me that the executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed. (L S) Given under my hand and official seal this 8th day of December 1916. R W Stoddard Notary Public. File an recorded Decemger 11th, 1916, at 3:45 o'clock PM N A Cox , Clerk (and deputy signed it at the bottom)

W.E stated that Noah and his wife were deceased and neither had left a will and that there was no necessity for administration of the estate.  Recorded in Grayson County, Texas Deed Records (Volume 0818, Page 0452) is the sale contract between Mt. Moriah Baptist Church's Trustees - W.B. Brown, Alice K. Woods (daughter of Ruthie J. Brown) and Ruthie J. Brown - and Cecil Rice for the sum of $10, being 1/2 acre out of 22.25 acres conveyed by Edward Perry to Noah Guinn (Grayson County Deed Records, Volume 60, Page 159).  Noah Guinn and wife, Charity, conveyed 1/2 acre to Mt. Moriah Baptist Church by a deed dated March 14, 1898 (Grayson County Deed Records, Volume 123, Page 111)