The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-05-10
From the National Intelligencer.
BIRTHPLACE OF GEN. JACKSON.
MONROE, Y. c. March %, 1859.

much ink has been shed and many conJectures
have been made as to the true place OF the ola
hcro's nativity. But none of them all approach
in probability and circumstantal facts OF the
McCamie house in North Carolina. The mere
statement of the well proven facts in that case ut
terly demolishes every other theory In opposition
to it. The generally conceded facts In the vlclni-
ty where Jackson lived until he was about fifteen
wears of age and not far from where he resided
until he was twenty-one, were these, VIZ
That old Andrew Jackson, the father of Gener-
al Andrew Jackson, with several Of his brothers
in-law. to w.t. George McCamie, John Leslie,
Samuel Leslie, James Crawford, and James Crow,
who married the Misses Hutchinson, sisters OF Mrs
Jackson all came to this country from Ireland
and settled in the Warsaw settlements, lying
partly in North Carolina and partly In South
Carolina That Andrew jackson, senior, came In
1865 and settled on Twelve Mile Greek, North
Carolina at place where Mrs Martha Laney now
! lives near Pleasant Grove camp ground, which
place was then comprised i'll what was then called
The Warsaw settement"-a place including a
considerable boundary and taking its name from
/ tribe of the Catawba Indians called the Warsaw
| tribe, and from which the Warsaw Greek took Its
name. That in the latter part OF the winter OF
/ 1866 and 1867, and bct0re tie birth OF his son
! Andrew, old Andrew jackson died at the above
named place on Twelve Mile Greek, North Carroll
ma. That soon afterwards his mother was re-
/ moved from Twelve Vile NIGSh, ANO1lh SoioAhiiot
to live with her sister on Warsaw Greek, and
more especially with her brother-in-law James
/ Crawford, of South Carolina, who was the wealth.
/ lest among them. That she stopped by her way
at the house of Mrs Margaret McCamie, In North
| Carolina, and whilst there gave birth to her son
! Andrew. That afterwards, as soon she recover
ed her strength sufficiently to travel she proceeded
! to Mr. James ClawfOrds, in South Carolina, about
three miles further southwest, and remained there
! Il,
vasion of South Carolina and North Carolina by
| Lord Corvallis when she retreated with her son
| Andrew in the vicinity Of Charlotte, North Caro-
| lina and shortly afterwards died Charleston,
| South Carolina. Andrew, fourteen years old,
his mother and brothers all being dead, removed
| into North Carolina, where he finished his educa-
ton under Mr. McCullock, and began the study OF
the law with Spruce McCay, Esq, andJ. Stokes, In
Salisbury North Carolina; was licensed to practice
law, and remained in Salisbury until the spring of
| 1888, at which time he went with Judge AlcNaily
! to Tennessee.
! These facts are taken from his biographies from
the time he was thirteen or fourteen years of age
and were all within the entire recollection of Gen.
jackson himself, and they gave perfect quletus
! to MIR John a James conversations with Simon
| Trenton as to jackson being in "kentucky in
ITO and being then 'twenty odd years OF age
at the time, and Fenton's knowing him there until
! who knew and saw General jackson during that
! time, and know that statement of FentOns to be
utterly groundless And there are the day books
and ledgcrs Of gentlemen in Salisbury and Char
lotte, North Carolina, with his accounts contracted
during that time, which have been paraded during
! The Jackson excitement, between 1882 and SO,
which show, beyond question, that Jackson
! there up to 1888. The report about his having
been born at sea, and otherrcports rejecting his
parentage, raised in 1928, when Jackson
Il candidate for the Presidency. And the atfi-
davits Of Mrs Mary Cowsar and many others who
knew him and his family well, and some of whom
were present on the night Of his birth, were taken
by James D. Craig, Esq, at that time, and sent to
Mr. George Neyels, chairman of jackson
mittee in Ohio, and were published, so says Mr.
Craig, in the L. 5. Telegraph of that day. Mrs
Mary Cowsar then living in South Carolina,
where she was living when Jackson was born, within
half mile OF George McCan!ie's house in North
Carolina and stated that she was present on the
night of his birth at George Mechanics in North
Carolina Mrs Sarah Leslie, the sister of Mrs
Jackson, who lived in North Carolina at that time
within half mile of Mechanics was sent for to
attend Mrs Jackson on the night of Andrews
birth; and it was she who received Jackson in her
arms at the house of George McComie's, in North
Carolina-so her grandsons James Faulkner
Thomas Faulkner, and John Latham and others,
certify that they have often heard their grand
mother, Mrs Sarah Leslie, say. And John Latham
has often heard his mother, Mrs Sarah Latham the
daughter Of Sarah Leslie, assert that she too was
present with her mother on the night of Andrew
Jackson's BIRTH and concurs in the fact that it was
at George McCame's in North Carolina; so Ben
jamin Massey, Esq, James, Thomas and Samuel
Faulkner and others have Otter heard her say the
same. Mrs Elizabeth New horter who lived in
North Carolina within mile of George Mechanics
also sent for assistant the night of
Andrew Jackson's birth, and was present and said
that he was born at George Mechanics in North
Carolina. She also took her son George McWhor-
ter, lad little over FIVE years of age, with her
the next day to visit Mrs Jackson at McCame's
and he, though small, remembers the occurrence
This is the recolections and statement of Samuel
New horter the grandson of Mrs New horter, of
what he has often heard his father and his grand
mother relate. There are certificates of Mrs Jane
Wilson and others who coroborate Samuel Nc
Whorers statement There is also one from old
James Faulkner and David Ewing, corroboratng
Mrs Lathan's statement, and Mr. Ewing also
states that his mother lived in South Carolina
within two miles of George Mechanics when
Jackson Was born, and that it was at George MEGA
mics, as he has often heard his mother say in
North Carolina. These afhdavits were partly taken
by James u. Craig, ESQ., native of South Caro-
lima, and nearly all the witnesses are from the
State of South Carolina. Mr. Leslie, Mrs LathIn,
Mr. Cowsar, the Faulkners, John Latham and wife,
Agnes B. Massey, John Carnes, John Porter,
Thomas and William Cureton, all lived in South
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