The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-08-27
The Birthplace ofGen. jackson.

afheIancaster Ledger, in noticing a. recent
letter of Col.- Davenport Of Virginia, which ap.
peared in the Charleston Afereury claiming
Gen. Jackson, .as az yirginian, offers very strong
reasons to show that het was born al tho Wax.
haws in this State, The family of jackson
was Scotch, and 'cmigrated at an early period
to the North Of Ireland, whence they removed
to Charleston in 1865, and thence t. the Wax.
haws. where Gen. Jackson was born in l767.
Says the Ledger:
There are numerous relations of Gen. Jack.
son now living in this Dstrict-some Of them
eecond couslns-and the tradition among them
is that Gen. jackson was born in the Waxhaws.
This tradition is not vngue and uncertain !: it
IS positive, direct and is founded upon infor.
matlon banded down from parents to their
children. There nse men and women. now
mere, and many Of them, who have convcrscd
with persons of undoubted veracitv, who were
Prcscntat the ti,th Of Gen. Jackson. Some
OF those With we're present were near relatives.
ana gave, SOME yenrs ago, their testimony to
the TACT thattheirdistingushed kinsnan was
born int the WaXhaws. All the above can be
verified If necesaaty. by men and women
among -nsef nnqaestioned characters.
9tfTihsis sufficient. We think, to rebut the
claim ofsGoi1arenport of but there is further
Testimony. We refer to tho several lives of
Jackson; particularly to that by Kendall We
believe it was never completed, but several
tatcd by Gen. Jackson l,imsef-s in fact al
S4ntobiography-and is authentic. In it will
sSBs found statement Of the birth of Jackson,
substantially thessdme as the above. Also, a
map of the, .Waxhaw settlement, on. which il
Fmarkcd "Jaekson's birthplace" accompanies
Ftbe first number
But. the. testimony rests s!not here. Many
Jears hgp,, it was mooted w65ther. Gen. Jack
son whG6orn in tlIis State, sor Just over the
line id. North Carolina. Col. James Fl. w ith
seTspooh. Then prominent citizen Of this Dis
ttgct'ggd intipste friend Of Jackson's. address
ed TO aim letter of enquiry to his birth.
pless aEhe reply Of Gcnefa jackson was full
andsPaIticplar He stntes that he was born
in tue Wa9havs in South Caroline on a place
bslone6gte 4 Maj. Crawford. This letter i.
nowsiH tue hands Of james II. Wtherspoon,
Esqsso BON of the late Col James FL Wither.
snpon,to whom was addressed. Unfortu.
natsiy, Mr. WitherspooR is on q summer tour
saEropg the Highlands. and We are consequently
,dfpgHef OF the pleasure Of laying il before
gut4eaderct
ssItisow think. vell,establisl,ed, If General
Jsekeoa is 10 beheleved. that he vas, born in
the Waxtfaws. Asman ought to know Where
he was born. Doubtlesss Gen. jackson was
:. .timesand again, informed by big mothetsand
Iariend, Maj. Crawf1ga, vbeEs he was born and
4abs ;szact spot ss1pfd out to him. = BE
Eesa saelf nigh; grown before he left 4hs Waf;;
iaah and @ast have bSeh well infSrned ofil
1aeaiisy. ~ -. +.
=. sln.conolnsien, .vs wiif'm9ntion that Msrtip
.graW$gi1Esq the gEapdson Of Maj. Robt
Crawford Is now thssS4&5r of an old tegre
No1Eh, Who was splsymste Of Jaeksoils ii
eayly cbildbo6d Phillis is upwards Of niHssy
yeWs old Ind Gan point thsexset spot on which
sto64 heass III which Gen. Jackson ~.
bor6..