The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-10
TIL PLACE OF ANDREW JACKSON.

Strange Stories Told about Old Hickory
He Had kinfoIks in Spartanhure County.
j. VIM. Hoy in The Spartan,
or several years l have been seeing
oneous statements in regard to the
ce of Gen. Andrew Jacksop's nativ-
The latest that l have seen was
the Atlanta Almanac for the year
IS, stating that he was born in Union
inty, N. c., and his mother was q
ltchison. [ corrected that mistake
ty years ago. He was born in QUE
lrter Of a mile of Waxhaw meeting
setPresbyterianl Lancaster county,
Q. His mothers maiden name was
awford, closely related to the Craw-
DIS OF the Tigers, as will be see
'ther on. Sometime between 1855
III 1890, several members OF the Wax
wv church moved to Ben's creek, in
uding the Moores, Haddens, McCords,
IONS and Weeks. The Moore and
adden children went to school where
an. jackson did, and their parents
ere members OF the Waxhaw church
here Mrs. JacksOn's membership was.
y mother was a Hadden and went to
Q same school. Her fathers resi-
once was only one-quarter of a mile
ON Mrs. J~ackson's. Eaton's Life of
lckson" says his mother was a Craw-
I'd and that he was born at Waxhaw,
~ancaster county, S. G. That was the
- Ist life OF Jackson written. l have
it hundreds of times stated in
that book. Eaton was afterwards a
member of Jackson's cabinet. Jack
proclamation against nullifca-
tion calls South Carolina his native
State. His mother died after he had
entered his teens, and she had, no
made him aware Of her maiden
name and the place Of her nativity.
| have stated | would show tho rela-
tionship between the Tiger Crawfords
and Gen. Jackson. In 1860 | was in
troduced to an old gentleman by the
Of Crawford, a native OF Able
willie, S. G.. He told me he was a
nephew of Patrick Crawford, who WAS
killed by mistake OF two whig parties
meeting on the waters OF the Tigers
and firing at each other before tho mis-
take vas found out. He vas then a
resident Of PontOtoc, Miss. He invited
me home with him and nc told me he
could show me, in Gen. Jackson's own
a statement making
himself and Patrick Crawford first
/ was sorry | could not accept
invitation. Whom | got home l
the senior members of the Craw-
ford connections knew it, but knowing
might be criticised had never
said anything about it. l hope, Mr..
Editor, that the South Carolina histo.
Ran will see that this is placed in its
proper place. The changing his moth
er's name from Crawford to Hutchison
shows something wrong, or that tho
Carolina claim to the honor of
MS birth Is groundless. This North
Carolina claim is nothing new to me.
know tho parties that gave that in
Tie same parties gave tho
that Jackson could hardly
'ead or write and was q saddler by
A Bishop Potter used some OF
information in q centennial ad-
and got himself compared to u
long-eared animal by Dana, Of
New York Sun, and quoted Living
speech in the United States Som
lte in 1926, to show Jackson was the
qualified by education and admin
ability to be the President of
United States. Livingston was
head Of Jackson's brilliant staff at
Orleans and afterwards his Pre-
nier, and had the reputation Of being
best lawyer in the United States.