The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-09-12
were not saving Of it; for when Cornwall.
lis came il was u very dark day about 10

lis came it was very dark day about TO
openl
"Ande and often selected The pump.
kins and beans, which were the only sauce
we had with our meat. Flour was scarce.
but we were all ,rel people then; We did
no, want delicacies.
Every now and then, some one would
call to stay night AT our house for il
was great ihoroughfare between two big
roads, and people we're flying in all direc.
tons from the enemy. Almost all tho
roads we're only cow-palhs then, except to
mill and meeting.
~ recolect The morning the Jacksons
started /; for they were very anxious 20 get
home with all lnlenseness. And | believ.
ed well they went home; aud she feared
every ihog they had would be destroyed.
But think they had hid many Of their
things in The woods, as many bodies did.
But never heard abou, them much
after they left US except that Ande was
going TO school in Charlotte, for every enc
was IN such wonderful confusion they had
enough Of their own affairs to attend to.
II: they slaid away SO long as il is said,
il was not hat they intended to do when
they left US. But | will not be sure they
got back home. From every thing can
remember, they bad determined To go
home but they might have found II would
not do. They nigh, have altered their
intention after they lell u.s. and i, may lie
she went 10 Gulliurd instead Of home, as
they might soon change their notion in
such times. They might have taken the
turn, along with other company they met
with going to Guilford If they considered
1t unsafe TO 60 home. power Of people
went TO Gullord, where our army was 10
be stationed, and where the whole country
crowded 10.
In alliheir company, the Jacasons had
FIVE horses. Ande aud his mother rode
} each their own horse, with packs Of cloth.
lug and food with them. About money.
/ don't know how they were of for, indeed,
I there wns very little among US.
They all carried packs and they took
r course from our house 10 lead towards
, home but il would also lead them towards
B Guiltord, lf they went there. Ii Ande
: vas IN the fight with Dave, he 20, in IL
? after he leit oar house, which was ony
r day or two before tho British reached
{ Charlotte.
b 4" DO wi.h had committed better TO
} ms memory about matters II il could
; have been started earlier, they might have
a had more 10 compare by. But can stand
orsr any thing say But cant pretend
10 be certain Of what canno, be certain
. 9C There is probably no, living soul
, but myself that can rati(y It exactly. As
far as 90, | went FOR the truth Bot The
confusion and distress were so grea, a, lha,
! time, II was very difficult 10 know how
9 things were mixed up"
) IL is the opinion Of Aunt Suzy, then,
o that Mrs. jackson fed from WaIhawS
9 early 10 The month Of AuguH, and before
, the battle Of Camden, 10 consequence Of
+ the rec kless behavior Of the Torres in her
p neig hborhood, excited by the assurance of
Z the approach of The British troops from
I Charleston towards the upper country
tha,, insIeud ~ passing through Charlotte,
i on the 25lh September, Mrs. jackson On
b that day, OF The day before, len the ,icln.
, rs, where she had found refuge at James
) AieXander's after her first flight with tho
. intention 10 rc,um homc By Nrkamy IS On
, Rocky river the same route she hal fr.
. merry passed over. that, most probably,
/, prevented bS the reports OF the coni,Ian
Z q tie country al tho Waxhavs, over which
he Brush had passed, they kept The main
= road norlhcaslcfly, aud reached a second
: shelter 10 Guliofd, where she remained
q, lljl the middle Of Sinicf.
y II the confusion aed constant Iucijcrs
: nf trascl. lIie frh stopping place has Dcca
: oYehookcd bat he cteuJs Which are mar.
rated IN the rceo.lccliuns of Aunt Suzv,
!, have been frequently related by her, and
d are undoubtedly emitted 10 respect.
e Mrs. Alexander has herein described
il persons aud dates, tie crops and the sen.
son as the best natord evidences 10 I'M.
!, press the accuracy 81 her rccuilcctions and
y opinions upon those Who are prepared 10
n understand the testimony she offers.
p. The dcsuliory style 81 her narrative Tns
z caused by an occasional question interrupt
u ing her conversation. know no aae
j whose evidence would be more generally
r received among her ncighbois as correct
e and true Than that Of Mrs. Susanna Alex
h amber.
;. The mode by which ob,utpcd my IN.
n formation has been stated as It occurred.
e She IS satisfied of Ihc accuracy with whoa
. | have transcribed her recul.eotions, Which
II were taken IN pcuc, as she spoke them,
- The dcsre lor exaclucss was so great that
+ | was induced 10 give the actual mode Of
e my introduction to her as il ocrurrcJ. and
$ therefore these records were published an
!, onymously
With regard TO the accoun, Mrs. Alex
5 ander gives Of one Jo Graham" IA, the
. father Of the present Governor OF No tn
. Carolina Is characterized in the lD,elIi.
, gencer,) she says;
l Ii may hn rnuanee hqtt A ia 70.