The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-03-12


First: | will premise that there is no posi-.
tive proof as to tho place where that Gis,u-
guished individual was born: for at this
time. as | see by the public papers. the states
OF North and South Carolina are each claiming
the distinguished honor of having given him
birth, with about eqnal rlausihIIlty and it
was my intention, ut somc future favorable
time. 10 advance the claims Of Maryland To
that honor, when the letter Of Ninth District
appeared, forcing me to enter the lists earlier
than otherwise would have done.
In Some biography of The General. which |
have read, II Is stated that he was born at a
place called Tuikeytown in South Carolina,
but have never been able To ascertain that
there Is any such place in that state; nor do
know of any pace Of that nanc except the
village of Cowantown, which was fpimerly
called Turkcytown. | have been repeatedly
told by worthy and intelligent cirzcn of
TINS county, (sincc deceased that he had
been informed by Mr. Abram y. Mitchell. Of
FAIR ILL., (alSo dcceas,d) that his father
grand father Of die present Doctor Mitchell Of
Eihton-waS the family physician Of family
named Jackson, living at or neal, Turkey
town. Tradition says the house stood in
Hugh Ferry S field or meadow, and also that
the last family that lived in the old beudv
house, as it was called was an Irish family
by the name of Jack son. Nj. Ahram D.
Mltchel also stated that while his father at
tended this jackson family at Turkcytown,
Mrs. JackSpn gave birth to a son who was
named Andrew, and that shortly after the
birth Of the child the family removed to
South Carolina: it is IA so stated Oh the Same
authority that old Doctor Mtchclls accounts
Tor medical attendance at the birth Of Andrew;
agree precisely with The age Of General jack
son.
His biographies agree that his father died
when Andrew was chll. Goblet saws that
shortly after the birth Of Andrew his lalbc,
died. Being a poor and obscure Irish family
no one thought proper to Question them re.
respecting their former residence. or the l,;,lh
place OF any of the c,,iidlcn: nor, indeed
was II maltei Of interest to the world until
the rising star of our hcr0's fame; poiu,,r-
to the zenith, proclaimed him the coming
man. 1t was then too late TO acquire the
the information desired as hu was then the
sole surviving MEMBER Of his family: his par-
entS and brothers having all died when he
was quite young his father when he was
an infant.
All information, therefore on the sub,c;
Of his family and his birth had, necessarily,
to be derived from Jackson himself who hav-
irg no recollection Of his removal to South
Carolina. having been too young at the time to
remember such an event, and. as we nlav sup
pose, having no papers. or records throwing
light on the subject, he naturally concluded
he was born in Me place to which his carlies,
rccolectisns adhered: and as he had heard
hov # lipi, rot l.,
as naturally, fixed the location Of that town
in South Carolina.
Now let us PIT this and that together and
see what they make. Here We have the tes,i-
monv OF DR.. Mitchell to the fact of Il Jackson
family living in Turkeytown, Of their having
Il son named Andrew of the same age of Gen.
cral jackson. and Of their removal to South
Carolina during the infancy Of the child An,
drew IN addition to which we have the an.
!horlty Of his biograrhcr, derived no doubt
from Jackson hmsclf. that he was bonn at
Tnrkeytown which the biographcr locates,
(eroncon>ly), in South Carolina.
AS there is no such town as Turkcvtown
in South Carolina we are bound to conclude
that it was our Turkeytown now known as
CowantOwn and lhat the infant Andrew Jack
SON who was born in" the old brndv house ~
which stood IN what il; now Hugh Ferry S
Meadow on the 18th day Of March 1867, was
none Other than the hero Of New Orleans
To the readers of The Iph,e gcncnerally.
and TO Ninth District particularly I re-
Sp"ctfn'Iy submit the case, in fall confidence
that the proofs, circumSantial though they
be, are stronger and more conclusive than
any that can be advanced hv rithc, of tie
rival states of North or South Carolina, in