The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-11-03
ABOUT ANDREW JACKSON.
Ills Nativity anu His Religion-Somc Inter.
estfnG "Reminiscences of Lancaster Coun-

Ills Nativity and His Religion-Somc Inter.
estfng "Reminiscences of Lancaster Coun-
ty.
7othe Editor ofthc New leans Times T:
Under the head of Religion of the Pres
idents' | see 1t stated in your excellent
paper that General Jackson was Il Meth
odist. lie, doubtless, attended the Meth
odist church occasionally. But his moth
er was Presbyterian, and Jackson was
carefully trained in the Shorter Cate.
chlsm and the five points of the Presby-
terian faith. la old age he joined the
Presbyterian church in Nashville, Tenn.
Inc records the church will show the
date. One Of his brothers was taken
prisoner in 1850, during Lord Cornwallis's
triumphant march through South Caro-
ma, and thrown into prison in Chu:'es-
ton. Mrs. Jackson rode on horseback
from Lancaster to Charleston, distance
OF nearly 200 miles, to see her son. On
her return, when about fifty miles from
Charleston, she was taken with fever and
died. After :liis sad event younp An.
drew lived i'll the family of Major Robert
Crawford. whose wife was Jackson s aunt
Major Crawford was his guardian. Jack.
L
Crawfords, Jacksons, Whites and Dun.
laps I'll came from the North Of Ireland.
and settled in what was then and is now
known as the Waxhaw Settlement. in Ian.
caster County, S. c. They were alInvet-
crate Wings during the Revolution. After
the war young Jackson began to learn
the saddlcry trade under his uncle Moses
White, the brother of his mother. lie
had not been long ut it when he sudden.
ly dashed aside his tools and declared
that he was born for higher destiny.
He then went TO Salisbury, N. c.. to re.
side with n Nj. Crawford, father of w.
II. Crawford, formerly member of Con
gress. He studied law with Mr.. Craw.
ford, and aferward moved to Tennessee.
II has been said that Jackson was born
in North Carolina But this is mistake.
lie was born in South Carolina, only n
short distance from the dividing line be.
tween the two States. Gencal jackson
never forgot his old friend and knspco-
pie i'll South Carolina, and he often ex.
pressed wish to revisit the scenes of
his childhood. When President he wrote
to his first cousin, Mrs. Mary Dunlap, of
Lancaster, 5. c., the daughter of his un-
Gle, Robert Crawford, and sent her Il
handsome silver-lined snuff. box, rs q
souvenir of their young days when they
were schoolmates. Tie snuff. box is now
tie property of Mrs. Sims, wife of DIR. j.
Marion Sims, of New York Mrs. Sims
is the granddaughter of Mrs. Dunlap, and
the great granddaughter Of Robert Craw-
ford, the uncle Of General Jackson.
When Jackson started in life his guar
dian gave him his patrimony, which at
that day was no mean sum. In concu-
sion, may say my mother named your
informant for her cousin, Andrew Jack
son. When President, General Jackson
often sent him presents, and after he re-
tired to the Hermitage" he sent him an
invitation to make him n visit, as he
wished to see descendant of his favoritc
cousin, Sarah Crawford The death of
General Jackson prevented the intended
visit.
ANDREW JACKSON w.
To the Editor of the Ne,c York Times:
The foregoing Jacksonian communication
clipped from the New Orleans Times
few days ago. 1t was written by nv
kinsman, the Rev. Andrew Jackson
Witherspoon, who is pastor Of the Sea
mans Bethel in New Orleans. | send it
to you because the smallest items per-
tanning to the great men of the past are
always interesting to us. Mr. Wither-
spoons statement in regard to the snuff
box induces me to say n word about it.
When the secession ordinance was passed
by South Carolina (Gfty years ago) Jack
son was President, and he wrote an au-
tograph letter to Mrs. Dunlap (ncc Mary
Crawford, the playmate and sweetheart
of his boyhood,) reminding her of his
affectionate regards for her and his kins-
people in South Carolina. And he de
nounced in strong terms the hcrcsy of
his native State, and said rs President he
would be obliged TO send : military torcc
into South Carol:na to execute the laws
of the Government if the ordinance of
nullification should be put to the test.
He then warned Mrs. Dunlap if her sons
should be found in the ranks of the
country's enemies he would be compelled
to deal with them without regard to per.
sonal feelings. And he sent her, at snuff
box rs 6 souvenir Of his kindly remcm.
brance. The snuff box is sea shell,
(tortois) oval, 3 inches long by q inches
diameter. On the outside of the lid is
the American eagle; just over its head
Jan. 8, 1915" and above this gu. S. L.
Brandywine, 1928" On the inside OF the
ilu IL inscribed, 10 a. Jackson, from
ID. NJ. Stokes" For the last seven or
eight years have been trying to get
hold of the letter written by President
Jackson 10 Mrs. Dunlap. AS it is not in
the possession of any Of his immediate
descendants, presume that her two sons
who were violent Nullifiers, must have
torn it to pieces rs soon rs they read it.
Previous to the days of notification
General Jackson had some correspon-
dence with Colonel Witherspoon and
others, Of Lancaster, on the subject Of
his revisiting his native State. But after
that time the bitterness ofparty spirit was
such that no one dared to renew the sub