The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 25, 1908, Page 8, Image 8
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
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