The sun., 1897-05-09
oLD HICKORY IN WORTH CAROLINA.
Were There Two Andrew Jseksons with Sim.
tlar Charncteristicnt

ueE ENhAEacherNhttCbN
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: While
sojourning in Guilford county, N. c., in the win
ter just now past. found in tho records OF tho
said county. the deeds of the Court OF Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, this entry, to wit: Andrew
jackson Produced Lycence from the Judges of
the Superior Court OF Law and Equity to Plead
Law and was thereupon Admitted an Attorney
Of this Court" This event is chronicled under
date OF Nov. 90, 1887.
Nearly two years later, Aug. II, 1889. there
appears in tho minutes Of tho same court the
following entry: 1t lie ordered by the Court that
Andrew jackson be appointed constable in
George Findlay Esquircs district who entered
into bond with James Maxwell and John Ross
in tho sum OF $500 for tho faithful discharge of
his duty in office" These things passed at
Guilford Court House, about FIVE miles from
Greensboro the present county seat.
Again. in tho records OF the Same COURT "21st
day OF February 1901, Andrew Jackson came
into open court and resigned his appointment as
constable. which was accordingly received"
Then, on tho 18th day of August. 1901, IAN.
drow jackson is appointed constable who on.
tered into bond with Patrick Shaw security in
the sum of $3.50 for the faithful discharge of
his duty in office"
In Randolph county, N. c., then adjoining
Guilford. at Johnsonvile, tho then county scat,
to practice at Guilford Court House. he was ad
mittcd to practice.
On the journal of the North Carolina Legisla.
ture at Raleigh there is the record of a memorial
from Andrew jackson in 1880. ! had not time
to find the memorial itself. At Browns Sum.
m Gford county Mr. b Gnsot &c has
loom in his family, and one Of Old Hickory's.,
Traditions of Old Hickory are yet rife IN Gull
constable of Martinsvillc are one and the same.
And still the legend goes that the hero. of
Chalmette was a registering blade: promoting
discussion between gainecocks, testing the iner-
its of " hosses. staying himself. and everybody,
their most comforting state-applejack.
1t says that the reason that these things have
been passed by without notice from historians Is
his friends set to work and created another
after eioction-and faIsfed the dates Of his life
In Tennessee as a throw;off TO recording angels
OF every Kind whether with or without the tear
His bi9graphers give his birth as March y,
der's apprentice; 7sl. and after, teacher; 1885,
law student at Salisbury. Rowan county; 1888,
to Igo b
ever, Col. Cecil Clay of the Attorney. Generals
Office tells me that there was no United States
have been @ % uniied states Conmissioner. CO nj ' '''
forget to say that the records of Rowan coun.
tion has 1t that he read law with John Stokes
pointed in 1890; but the biographers say that
the veritablc Jackson read with Spruce Mackay
noted LAWYER Of Sais6urS, Sod, , sho ,,.t
this ghostly Jackson. fitting from country to
country, s,' racing horses and fighting chickens
fort Stokes was Governor of North Carolina, and
ular Governor excepting Vance; in the history
Of the State-made. in his annual message to the
election TSs h%vo s been becaass
OF their early association. as they were near the
So soSers b nnd
Jackson had been student under Gov Stokes's
elder brother; John, the first United States
And. after many years. when Gov. Stokes, af
ter about fifty years Of public service. was bro
ken in fortune and in health after having been
midshipman soldier. legislator. Clerk OF the
United states t, Court, ClerS Of the LEGISLATURE;
Governor-Jackson appointed him Indian agent
for the Cherokees at Fort Gibson. where he died.
tried to find something hin Of Coy st9kes,s let,
Montfort Stokes OF the First North Caroline IN
facts Of Jackson's life might be brought to light
sarily dev oed 10 other things. so my pursuit OF
facts in Jackson's life was desultory: but those
attic search. The columns OF the Greensboro
Patriot Of 1880. and after. contain many items
20 for the
might add that the Hon. Cyrus Thompson,
Secretary of State for North Carolina believes
Piedmont region of North Carolina: but in a
sparsely settled country. as North Carolina was
drew Jacksons, both lawyers. of similar charac.
tsristiSs and within from twSenty to sixty miles
ing something Of it; And i was ali near Old
Hickorys native valley. PosEY 8 WILSON.
WASHINGTON. May /.