The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1922-03-17

South Carolina, my true and lawful
my use to ask. demand, sue for, re-
cover, and receive all sums Of
money. debts, dues. or demands
whatsoever which are or may be
due. owing. and payable to me. and
on receipt thereof sufficient receipts.
acQuittances. and discharges for mo
and in my name make. except. and
deliver and more particularly to
make over and convey unto Shared
Gray Ivy lease and release suffi-
cient title in fee simple to 200 acres
of land situate. lying. and being in
Mecklenburg county, in the state Of
| North Carolina. and on the waters
OF Twelve Mile creek: and every act
and acts. deed or deeds necessary to
| be done in the premises do as fully
and amply as I might or could do
were l personally present. hereby
| ratifying and confirming all that my
| said attorney shall lawfully do in the
premises. In witness whereof have
heremnto set my hand and affixed
| my seal the 2Sth day of November.
in the year Of our Lord 1892.
Andrew Jackson, o.. s.
In the presence Of
Abram Boyd.
South Carolina. Lancaster County:
Abraham Boyd came before me
and made oath that he was present
and saw Andrew Jackson. OF the
| county OF Davidson and district OF
Nero. in the territory Of the United
states of America. south OF the
river Ohio, sign. seal. and acknowl-
edge the within power OF attorney
to James Crawford, OF the county
of Lancaster and State of South
Carolina, for the uses and purposes
therein contained. and that he this
deponent, signed his name as wit
ness thereunto at the same time
Abraham Boyd.
Sworn to December 26. 1892. be-
fore me.
Ino. Simpson. ]. l.. c. c.
Recorded January 2, 1893
State Of South Carolina, County Of
Lancaster:
I, Paul Moore, clerk OF the court
OF common pleas and general ses-
sions in and for said county, do
hereby certify that the above and
fnrauninr 90
OF power OF attorney executed by
Andrew Jackson to James Crawford,
as shown by the record OF the same
in my office in deed book 3. at page
227. Given under my hand and Of
fetal seal at Lancaster this 18th
day OF February, 1922.
(Official seal.) Paul Moore.
Clerk Of Court
Mr.. Hammer Will the gentleman
yield?
Mr.. Stevenson. will.
Mr.. Hammer. I desire to ask the
gentleman IL Mr.. Parton is not con-
sidered one OF the most painstak-
ing of historians?
AhA' SSSNShooh- IAc 40 W oohIS pew
Pile. no doubt. Specially with North
Carolinians.
Mr.. Hammer. Mr.. Collier. who
wrote the authentic history Of Gen.
Jackson, who was a lifelong friend
OF Mr.. Jackson. did not know where
he was born.
Mr.. Stevenson. Jackson said that
he was born in South Carolina. and
said it over his own signature. and
he knew more about what he knew
than Collier did.
Mr.. Hammer. would like to ask
the gentleman il Gen. Walkup did
not make an investigation OF 18 wit
nesses. about one-third living in
| South Carolina
Mr.. Stevenson. Gentlemen. can
not
Mr.. Hammer. And did not they
overwhelmingly furnish the testi-
mony that has been uncontroverted? {?
Mr.. Stevenson. You can not take
any more OF my time.
Gen. Walkup got up Is affida-
Wits. but what were Lney? Eighteen
aflidavits as TO what Sarah Latham.
James Faulkner and Mrs. Cousar
and old Ars. Leslie and Mr.. Finly
said. and all OF them had been dead
IS years. and most Of them so or
so. You trace 1t back to those five
people and they do not agree. Eigh-
teen people in 1858 stated what they