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The Birthplace o > Its Location Cleai f Jackson J"! 8o"'h Car< Hermitage, he wrote : rlv Shown "Consciouf THE LANCAST jlina, dated at Tiie itree o January 13, 1843, be cot a-rreei * as 1 ain of the iu- ^ KK NEWS, JANUARY S n Twelve Mile creek should isidered the line uutil an nenfc should be reached. In this li>e was officially 15, 1908. place belonging in Maj. ford This letter is now hands of dames H. Withe Esq., son of the late Col. Craw. William Oobbett, in H?e Amos Kendall, a r?po<>u, of tdieni credited James Carolina, as did Goodwin and ind every oao him to South I hundreds of to be in Lancas by Secretary S South Carolina Commission?h Report. 5ter County tegrity and p alley of the duct in regar Historical is truly grat< lis Annual lo find the I five Slate, Sc ing with (lie , 4 , Stales in the ropriety of mv con- ft>?ree< d to Judge Hall, it 'he la ?ful to iny feelings lived ?gislature of mv na- olina >uth Carolina, unit mally legislature of other had d se high and huno it- years 1 to. and by t lint agreem nt nd whereon Crawford then was shown t<> bo South Car territory a"d was then lor granted to Crawford, who oubtless been on it for some In 1808 the States o? II. \Vi? heispoau, to whon addressed. Unfortunatel; Witiierspoou is on a sumn among the highlands, ai i are'consequently deprive* i pleasure of laying it bel readers." i it w i8 newspapers ana y, Mr. tors ot' his day; b> ter tour publications ot fc id we atld other States, i of the tive reports and r fore our journals; and whe many editors and * nl url ? ?? flirt r* f magazine wndid the official South Oaroliua such as legisia ?solutions aud ?u he died very oulo^i-ts, it'll at i 1 .1 it Kill. Diir.ng '' ? 11tetirr ?Ji.ckson it \v is alrac ]> accept* d that It? fcM'iiili Carolina, hi y? ars it lti .s come believed that he \ North Carolina. '1 1, ..c ...,,1 leoiAiwrew , ble feelings < >si universal , , resolutions fl< was born in . . n ,, And final] it of recent . , . and teal amen to be Widely . , , , . clared that c vas bom in , . his native ofct riie encyclo? oi.i^r 4,The large f justice which their Worth ? plainly indicate." ' "* e ly, hi his la-t will "Kreer it, Ghh. Jackson Jo 1'l0 South Carolina was 1 vvot> *to. JTe saiJ: j ^he silver vase preseu'-1 m'!e ' 1ST 3 i i C'arolina ana ?on n varuuiered into conventi'?na lient for definitely fixing mndiirv line betwei 11 the .a es at certain point--. One se points was the ei^htine referred to above. In the enmniis-ioncrs and sui Perhaps tins was the e upon which the committc general assembly baS'd i< moot in 1820. At any r of Jackson's statements the cllect that he w ig b South Carolina on Robert e ^ii? Ti??? viuence >e of the croft, spoke of hi s state ?f South Carolina ate, all later, after his are fo had passed away i >oru in disappeared, new t Craw- rived on the field fiiioa nf I as a native of Ni m a* a nu iv ? ? yet 15 yt ui*4 conn ruporarie* aud proofs had c im uts arte <1 ?im hinl ortli Carolina. j'tirumo auvi aie that l>is birthp kr oi d? u'?t or tl North C?r<?lina. 1 impartial nd acc <!eno all p ints to a spot in r.outh Cat birthplace. lac3 is a mat- ed tH ",e b-v ,Ht it wan in ,on' So"th C Sut the most State, ? HI. t! epUble evi- P^eu iag well-'lefineri American ba , i : mo by ' ho ci pohna as> Ins olina, \vh?n the ladies Charlesveyori larolina, my native Sfales li ' large picture reT r i a mal lie unfurling or the shows n ier, presented to tizens of South Oar- " . . tO 1 vOI M w.i8 refused to >e house i appointed bv the two i ran, blazed out and made ) ot the line. This map the landmarks a'ung the On the plantation ut anted bert Crawford in 177"> two s were shown on tins map: i'MH 3 | Jl ' * 11 I <* ' IV/ A evidence permit a man tif.v as to the time an 1 ] his birth. In certain stances hearsay evidence the time of a child's birt missiblelut not heaisay e as to the uiace (if the to te8- But the evidence dace of anc* South Carolit circum- knowledge him at 3 as to place a lasting m h is ad 8Pf)t where he videnre light, child's is 'iiaii.xt ihem ia S' onld 4ac? our o vn" ami ihi k**r ou Hi? fiist S'W ill? Jackson himself declared that he JS ?uth Carolina, and eel the spot upon a i-> the only evidence lore us that would 1 in a court ol law. repeatedly acce!>,ei1 bv was born in 8ena,e' 1 leav . actually fix- A Jack>"". " , a : I hat should ' nap, and Ins i . not be blessi > we have ne. . , , event no' all > e adnu- aible he will at tin . ? 1 ^ f la the unl'ett otatesjthoBe -o in trust to my son, Crawf Jr., with directions niir happy country Liiati( 2d wiih pe?ce, an ^ ^ v iys to he exp^c'*^ Contri e close of the war. a ^ vt ^ ,%S iinncAti t i of J. Crawford and 11. drd. In 1820 the State ol Carolina be^an the comm of a series of maps of strict* of the State. The ict for surveying and makmap of Lancaster district ~ r birth. There is no evdion< in the reach of the gen ' vestigator to contradict ?. save that of several wi who have given tes'inmn hearsay and tradition tha son was born at 'lie lious 3e with- Town Proper teral in- . ... ... . I will "ell ftt pub Jackson court house on first ruary. next, the hous H noshes 0j- j^HDoaster facing < V from a,u' adjacent to resi< ^ (rate t askey. Snme t Jat'k residence of Miss e of one now d^eased. Ten ty for Sale. lie auction at the Monday in Febte and lot in town i>n Catawba streetdonee of Magisbeinn the late Phenie Crockett, ins of sale, cash. It. C< rnokett. In a letter i!atecl ton, December 24. iii? to h let er from . intendant oi Chatle liim to visit Cb wrote : "Altbou-b it i 1 A \x r , or tllU u: I II at Wa^hinu100a 1. each ot said 1830, replyT - 1 mable value, J. R. Pnnule. < 1 !in*X in ttie -ton, invi'inir " , which wiey \ arleeton, he sh-il! .;e adju try men, or i e i?ratlfyinjs |. 1 At' II I 111> IllOS K- L "in v;'< I I v . * I , . . ; was g articles < f meatiI oftha to that pa'no' re, ' a siir\ cii v or State trom > IT. His n vere presented who. son's dtred hv Ins coun- , . lUill I the ladies, to have the m ; valiant in defense i veil t J. Boy kin, a native t section of the State ami reyor of w i?I * reputation iap fixes "Gen. A. Jack birth place" on the Chaw )lantation exacily \*heri ap ina.te uti<ter Gen. Jack ' George MeKemey, a 1 ' There is not one singh statement from any one or Rhe know of Iris or li knowledge of the place Jackson was horn, as al J hearsay testimony was relative, i ? . iliroe Sale of Person that lie T wl)) Be,, at J>l|bl er own home in the Antioe . where 5th Ht 10 H 1 nl properly of Hi*1 ei 1 of this Snipe*, ile?'??ased, rot , t waf(<in, corn, fotlilt olleien | t?to. 1'erins of sale, al Property. ic auction at my It section on Feb. n. all the person itate of John F. tsistiutf of 'J iihii r, 1 cow ami calf. cash. to my !e? luigs to a\ fo lavor?b'e ?n op visil tiie emporium State, 1 em yet pie' official enji'?t:ement? nating the period seize it." "fj0; hH count! 'POHum'y to|rj(,lits ? uI m v native . . Here are i rente ! bv my , tnents from > Irom desij.', , a na'tve ol So when I can i lie locat ion risirnl in a whp soil S ( v , nii'l our coin.tries , In tlx Iioillv level, ilm.'t stale- (leUh( lackfion thai he was ?uth Carolina. A;i to m , of the spot in South ppK.j, treon slooil the house . Lilroc*11 oil in I Mo placed it 3 fame >ear (1820) Kugenr surveyor and engineer ated a map ?.f Lancaster ct. dill? ring from Boykin'i is regards landmarks bu ig **(ion A. Jackson's birtl n . _ . 1 1. 1) l_ * lonu after Jackson and a] elders ami corit< mporari ' dead. ' here is a tract lyinij within the hounds < 8 Carolina and about tlire 1 Irom the Crawford place 1 longed to (decree McK< 1! of fiis ! es were [ of land! ~ ? :)f Noi l h i GREGORYe miles that be- niTDV amev at ilAIBI Ii. I,. Snit???, Admrx STOGNER FARM To the committe me 11 Is lor the celeb Fourth of July by t Charleston in 183 Jackson wrote in a at Washington, Jun "A necessary att e of arranpe-l . ,, in wiucn he iration ol the . e lowing evide die people of 1, President WIIAT letter dated e 14, 1831: In 1843. A ention to Hie ' '"sous oln in Inut l A piace was born Hie fol- (l|ac6i nee is offered: KENDALL SAYS. In I- 1 n ? 8?n ? moR Kendall. ono of ^ ^ sest personal friends r>lbuu tlifil rliirimr " ' exacuy niiere dovkii l1 it. CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE 18'JO Mr. James Thonald f Philadelphia, presented ti euislative library of Soutl ina a bust ol JucUson. 1 1 the time of Jackson's 1 shown by the public re Mecklenburg county, bu _ no proof that Jackson * ? there or even that he w I, i 11 McKemey's house, ^ fact that McKemey ow birth, as icords of t that is T , . In charge vas born ? ras born enced Dairyi and the aj. yOUI- (j00r ned that . . imr r.hnifPf,t of Experinen, delivers every mornC.ream. Rut duties of my < fhce, me of the gratifioat have had in paying circumstances, a viv of which I 'eel a pr myself a citizen by In a letter to Jot niu-if deprive 'U ' c*v? ? ) iv/ ion I should ' ckson's oc , under such ^c0 presid it 'othe Stale hy Jackson's nie in calling ! with b^ing by-th " {the throne"j '1 K. I'oinseit j l',e 1'"'** c< ! oflrsona! frie Vv * 'O^ Vlll,, V4"4 ' 'h cupation of the of. c?mn .e?t he was credited Kener political < pponents the ''power behind ,lleir md, as a member ot 1 Jterie ot Jaeltsori's '"Is jiud advisers, mirat litter was appointed by tli al assembly to draft ie-o is of thanks. Embodied i resolutions is this si<;ni(i statement: btli so many themes of ad ion, and causes of ^ratitmb 0 iraci oi land 111 i /U< is 1 cient i roof that he live* n at the time ol Jackson' j. even admitting that Jucl born in McKomey's hi ^ claimed by thin made tradition. * lot stun- o i upon it ter and Butte s birth, ' quantity. kaon was 1 H190, as Call Phone -to or.!.>r ]eavc yQur or rmilk in any No. 168 and a der. of Chariest on, anot South Car lina, ih ington, December wrote : k,If tlie Union pa you, heart and hai you have laid down uer native ?M'was contemi ited ?t NVllhh*las the *-Kitc 9, 1832, heiUrtiu.d seven l.jHek^'n wllt r y unite with 1 ^ never cot nil to the text was proparo< o you will not ev iluously referred to ,n lien Cabinet"?pub- ^ll ?1 parts <>t a lite of bapp cli was, unfortunate- that npleled. That work 'bo c 1 so much under '"jr S e that it miyht al- ?"r () j history of tlit? general, w irolinians have a still mor y reason lor gratulation lie, whose nativity lias heo ause of rivalry lor content tates, is acknowledged h iwn." ^ i'uO.ii A NKIGII"Oi e On the other hand, w 11 statement by one ot J n early neighbors, who i 1 knew him from infancy lS manhood, when he won nessee, and who was cons e have a lackam.'a Gregory -StogQe loubtless to yotuif: i io Ten- Auditor's lidernbly ir Dairy Farm > Notice. by ffivni (bat ttiis only preserve ihe save our n a' i vo ?Sta ruin and u is twice i treasonable lead r> ed to plunge her." Jn 1 i- proclam d bor 10, anon! Lmon, but I . ,, , most be call to, from ih it . I? comI ainei ulo which her . , , \v! ill .1 acks have iitt-nipt: ict site of (1 ice uiven ion o Dtcom-1 ijrItU(j by ,, I 111" "i uilifl I t;r?fth0?. ed an autobiography. Ev 1 a in p showing had > M reiraulo-1 as the t?? Ja hi- birth. Tli? ovion lb it map ii c?n ?d t ur earlier maps. The still i i a pla to a Kraut of 'h?uc< idently the committee ha ioine conclusive evidence i ckson's birth place furiiisi litem whereupon they bai hit sta' (orient. J'here mother bit of secondary ev to prove that .lack-on vei (j older than Jackson, thai ls born iit South Carolir was (i mi. William II. l)j s_ spent many years ol hi 18 the neighborhood in wir j. son was born and who v ... time governor ot Not lb - ?. i_ i . t 1)0 was cilice will he op>n rp January to the 20tl IH* 1 for the purpose of ivio, who turns of the taxpa county. ls 1,1 The Auditor or a' ich Jack- lend the following ty nn III day a ictn vps some- i nonvenienee t the Carolina Oaeola, t uesday. J. t aroiina , ,,u.a8ttlll Vhry W? i c? i rr i ?im .. ,i Irom thp 1 *t day of i (liiy February 190& receiving I lie reyers of l.ancaster n Assistant will at plao* -?111 t hp roil lined below lor flip public, viz: .11. 7. 1 HON, 12 ,*o ;! p ?d .Ian s luo.v. cat ion ' 0* vt ntu n olina, he u-?il lliis ''Fellow citizens State, lot :'.ie 11 >t oi you, the first jiM connxi' ii country, the penalty of i'? < i ' Ilill U;ir- ; IU| to \l ,h language! I governor of t of-mv 11 1 ivi- *' no.ioa in iily admonish into 1 wj-tv ?'< of our and I iy ulo not to incur: wit li tho 1 in laivs, toil u o \ itic,os of r < 'i ;i t' i 1 by I he | well h |>ro\ inco Di S mill - In 1 ? 17 7 ). Theplantation as to c '!)tai?:<ul a'Tt t-1 t ho 1 ^ the \\ xliaw crsek ! an ai e fi tween I lie pr >-; f"llo N -rth Carolina ami pap hnow the place ot his birt ;r>8 some cont< ntion iiro< the place <f his birth a: jancaster Ledger publish' tide on the subjeetr Tl wing paragraph Iroru th r is t<? the point: I , liu was np|?r;ui: i <> in j(1 native L ?nc;?'ter di-1 )(j r?>si?:ir*?r in Cliar'e'hon, \ j tho lollowing 'tat?Miie:.t u.|?*vie: at ''Much has been said ativo to t ho hirili place ? I 1 i _ i I i^iu i>y ix i>t* )iii y i iiin ^i ij *u ^ anwyoV, Friday, " then j ?ixit*, Monday, vho m ?(1 J'w t Tradeaville, 'I'tiosdi i') uon. ThxhIihw Wvd Flat < reck t h TIiii I >r (' ( W cIhIi'd K llPTO rftl- I'rinma. Saturday, v j Halle Mim, Mon, ' Ol (Jen. j Kershaw Tues ty. \ i | Heath Springs, Th 44 10 -gj to ? i? - 13 - 12 in " " t p. in. ay "It 44 * " 15 41 rs 44 It) 14 ri. 44 1 7 44 44 IS 44 to 12 in. ' 20 44 \ Mil 1:1 a- 0 22 1SI0S urs, Jan. 23 4 the influence that t over his children i rushing t<? certain i Again, iii h lot*? dated at Washing 24, 1833, he wrote l*I repeat again, i lather woulr: S >uth (\trr>l pvlioni ho saw boundary, ruin." t lie pi a' roc r to Poinsett, previously 1 'ton, January ' drew l'iekei j North Carol my pride and j prehension imi as the easter i I "I? I he certificate to here i to.* that tho tract had moot )een granted to An was is by tin' governor ol over lina under the tuisap- Col. thai it lay within the ? pr( .it the testimony ro->ts tn Many years ago, it w; ed whether (Jen. Jaeksr born in this State, or jti the line in North Carolin James II. Witherspoon, th< eminent citizen of this dj nt 'fU'KHon. i iiavt* nan1 ,is is a native of Laucastei )n State" To thin Gen. Davie r }l Your statement r >n Gen. .Jackson is perio ig. rt*ct; lie was born in wJ n < -l * I? tlf 1_ . it iiiiu no ; pleasant Hill Fri?l r ia l hi ' T. Va niniinghn It will be Io IIt taxpayer, to ma pi>lii><] * promptly of all !;ei pituu. all transfers or tin t'Hpectilijr estate ami save tin cent w hioli altaohi ctly cor- February. Hald j .?t i? iib posed without fail where party fails t ntt.? t i i .. r uy " 21 to l p uu's Mon, Jan. 27 e interest of ev? ry ke their returns sonal property,Jal*o iproveiuent> on real e penalty of 50 per 's after the 120th of lenulty will he iniin every inatanoe o make return. desire is, (hut tin may arouse and su esty of the constit laws, and save 013 from that disgrace ificrs have brought In a letter to U< 0 Union men bounds of stain I he maj- the time of nlion and the line bet wee 7 native Shite at this poin that the Null- upon or bh upon her." Gov. Bull 1 >v. Hammond straight lin rsorih Carolina. At tnct Jackson's birth the son% 11 the two provinces of in thnd not been agreed The ized out. In 1764 lull lad directed that a that e connecting a gum hawi and intimate friend of Jao i, addressed to him a left' iquiry as to hia birth plae reply of Gen: Jackson w an<l particular. Ifo stat ho was born in the VVa a in South Carolina, on k uaiiy cauea me naxQ? er den. Jackson had ht e. en or more biograp) as wrote during his 1 if? en leant four of whom we: x. tim&te friends?John li a II. Eaton, Gen. James VV , 1 lit" 1 wl I I H.\ III upon all person* li ilf a doz- 21 and 00, except, tl lie iera wlio *tirrie?at _ ^ , Lancaster S. C. I re his in. _ Leid, John A Gadsden. NeWS A 'Mir uoiinr is mill petween the a^ex of ioxe exempt by law spectfully. II. II. Ilorton, County Auditor. )ec. 3 1U07. ids. Pay L /