Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-09-04
The Birth Place of Gen Jackson.

The Birth Place of Gen Jackson.
The Virginians having claimed the ma
tivity of Gen. Jackson, the Charleston Cou
rlcr calls ON the Lancaster Ledger for in
formation, and the Ledger thus responds !:
That Gen. jackson WAS native of this
District, is u fact so we'll known here from
the time of his firth, down to the present
time; that when we saw the announcement
that he was elaimed to have been born in
Virginia, VIC thought it unworthy of serious
notice. The claim here, sounds suprcnely
absurd. The family of Gen. jackson, be-
fore his name was known to fame, and con-
scqucntly history gives us no complete re-
cord oft. Those persons who were cocyal
with jackson here have passed away; md
therefore it is impossible to bring living
witnesses upon the stand to establish his
birth place. Yet it is altogether possible
in this instance to establish beyond doubt
that Gen, jackson was born in the Wax.
haws. We will here remark that in the
statement put forth by those good old peo-
pie of Virginia, upon which Col. Daven-
port predicatcs his claim, establishes the
fact that an " Andrew Jackson was born
in that State, and removed with the intcn-
tion of coming to this District. But it
does not follow that, that Andrew jackson
was the warrior and statesman of history.
The family of Jackson was Scotch and
emlgratcd, at an early period, to the North
of Ireland. Andrew Jackson, the father
of Gen. Jackson, with his sons Hugh and
Robert left ireland and landed in Charles
m in IJ. NJ
there to reside. Maj. Robert Crawford
with others of the Crawford family came
over with him and likewise settled in the
WaXhaws. Andrew Jackson died shortly
after his arrival in this country, and lust
before the birth of his son Andrew. The
latter was born on the 10Th day of March,
1867.
The Jacksons were in rather indie cnt
circumstances; but Maj. Crawford was a
wealthy man, was by the marriage of one
OF his brothers with the sister of Andrew
Jackson's (Sr) wife's sister, somewhat a
family connexion and was the firm and un-
deviating friend of the Jacksons. From
tho best information we can gather, the
mother of Gen. Jackson had LETT the place
where her husband first settled, and was at
the time of The birth of her son Andrew, liv-
ing OH place, belonging to Mai Crawford
and very near to his place of residence. -
In very short time after that event---the
birth of Andrew-Maj. Crawford took her
to his own house and it was her homo
until herdcath
Maj. Crawford took good care of his pro-
tego and was repaid by,a filial affection
that died only when the old hero himself
ceased to exist. The descendants of Mai.
Crawford are numerous, and the tradition
of the family, as to the birth place of Jack
son, is as we have above stated. There
are numerous relations of Gen. jackson,
now living in this District--some of them
second cousins-~and the tradition among
them is that Gen. jackson was born in the
Waxhaws. This tradition is not vague
and uncertain; it is positive, direct; and
is founded upon information handed down
from, parents to their children. There are
men and women, now here, and many of
them, who have conyersed with persons of
undoubtcd yeracity, who were present a,