Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-01
JACKsOSIAN LITERATURE.
Old HickOry's Religion, Politics
and Early Sweetheart.


trained in the Shorter Catechism anC
the FIVE points OF the Presbyterian
faith. In cd age he joined thu
Presbyterian church in Nashville
Tenn. Tie records of the church
will show the date. One of hi
brothers was taken prisoner in 1850
during Lord Corvallis triumphant
march through South Carolina, anC
thrown into prison in Charleston. Mrs
Jackson rode on horseback from Ian
caster to Charleston, q distance o
nearly 200 miles to see her son. On
her return, when about 30 miles from
Charleston, she was taken with fever
and died. After the sad event young
Andrew lived with the family Of Major
Robert Crawford, whose wife was
Jackson's aunt. Major Crawford was
his guardian. Jackson's mother was
| Miss White. The Crawfords, Jack
sons. Whites and Dunlaps all came
from the north of Ireland, and settled
in what was then and is now known as
the Waxham Settlement, in Lancaster
county, S. G. They were all invcterate
Wings during the Revolution. After
the war young jackson began to learn
the saddIery trade under his uncle
Moses White, the brother of his
mother. He had not been long at it
when he suddenly dashed aside his
tools and declared that he was born
for a higher destiny. He then went
to Salisbury, N. c., to reside with a
Mr.. Crawford, father Of w. H. Craw-
ford, formerly member Of Congress.
He studied law with Mr.. Crawford,
and afterward moved to Tennessee. II
has been said that Jackson was born
in North Carolina. But this is q mis-
take. He was born in South Carolina,
only a short distance from the divid.
ing line between the two States.
General jackson never forgot his old
friends and kins-peOple in South Caro-
lima, and he often expressed a wish to
revisit the scenes OF his childhood.
When President he wrote TO his first
cousin, Mrs. Mary Dunlap, at Lancas-
ter, S. c., the daughter of his uncle,
Robert Crawford, and sent her q hand
some silver lined snuff box, as a sou
venir Of their young days when they
we're schOol-mates. The snuff box is
the property Of Mrs, Sims. wife of DR..
]. Marion Sims, of New York. Mrs.
Sims is the granddaughter Of Mrs.
Dunlap, and the great-granddaughteI
Of Robert Crawford, the uncle of Gen
Jackson. When jackson started oul
in life his guardian gave him his pat
rimony, which at that time was nc
mean sum. In conclusion l may say
that my mother named your informant
for her cousin, Andrew jackson
When President, General jackson Of
ten sent him presents and after BIZ
went to the Hermitage" he sent hin
an invitation TO make him a visit, q!
he wished to see a descendant of his
k7orite cousin, Sarah Crawford. Tho
death Of General jackson prevented
the visit. ANDREW JACKSON w.
New York Times.l
The foregoing ~Jaoksonian communi.
cation was clipped from the New Or
leans Times a few days ago. 1t wal
written by my kinsman, Rev. Andrew
Jackson Witherspoon, who is pastor
Of the Seaman's Bethel in New Or.
leans. l send it to you because the
smallest items pertaining to the great
men Of the past are always interest.
ing to US. Mr.. Witherspoon's state.
ment in regard to the snuff box in
duces me to say a word about it
When the secession ordinance wa.
passed, BY South Carolina go year:
ago) jackson was President, and be
wrote an autograph letter to Mrs. Dun
lap, nee Mary Crawford, the playmate
and sweetheart Of his bOyhood, re-
minding her Of his affectionate re.
CARDS for her and his kinspeople in
South Carolina. He denounced 10
strong terms the heresy Of his native
State, and said as President be would
be obliged to send a military force into
South carolina to execute laws of the
government if the ordinance Of null.
fcation 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 com
PEELED to deal with them without re-
gard to personal feelings. And he
sent her at the same time the snuff
box as a souvenir Of his kindly re.
membrance. The snuff box is a sea
shell (~tOrtoise), oval. three inches
long by two ard one-fourth inches in
diameter. On the outside Of the lid
is the American eagle, just over its
head, January s, 1915, and above
this, ~. s. f. Brandywine, 1895"
On the inside of the lid is inscribed,
ITO A. jackson, from d. NJ. Stokes. D
For the last seven or eight years |
have been trying to get hold Of the
letter written by President Jackson
to Mrs. Dunlap. As it is not in the
possession Of any Of his immediate
descendants, / presume that her two
sons, who we're violent Nullifers mus
have torn it to pieces as sOon as they
read it. Previous to the days Of null.
LITIGATION General jackson had some
correspondence with Colonel Wither.
spoon and others, Of Lancaster, OF
the subject Of his reyisiting his natiy,
State. But after hat time the bitter.
ness Of party spirit was such that n,
one dared TO renew the subject.
]. MARION SIMS