The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1922-03-14


Mr.. Stevenson. Yes; now we will
come to that question. The gentle
man interrupted me before got to
1t. Let us find out who had the best
opportunity of seeing the real wit
nesses who knew when and where
he was born. But l will insert in
the record the statement of who
these people were who in 1858 gave
Mr.. Parton the affidavits on which
he has based his history and from
which all OF these encyclopedias
have taken their statements.
l say Andrew Jackson and his
contemporaries saw and knew in
timately the living witnesses. and
the question was up and inquired
into and settled in 1851. and all his
torians and citizens accepted the
truth as settled then, and it was
| never challenged until 1858. Now.
l cite the circumstances and other
evidence
1t will be seen by Mouzon's maps.
1875, and also 1894. and Reeds
maps. 1775, and Strother's map,
1908. that the road from Lancaster
to Charleston was recognized as the
line by the geographers up to 1903
hut in 1913. as above stated, that
line was settled and every map of
North and South Carolina from that
time forward sets it out as straight
line and puts the road in South
Carolina and all of the Crawford
land in South Carolina. In 1920
the first official map OF South Caro-
lima after that settlement was made
by Boykin, and l hereto append a
photostatic copy Of the map of Ian
caster county, which was subse-
seQuently put in Mills's Atlas OF
South Carolina, which is on file in
the Congressional Library. That
map was made in 1920 and was
verified and improved for Mills's
Atlas in 1925. And right beside the
road from Lancaster to Charlotte
| and on land which in the old maps
was partly in North Carolina. this
entry is made Gen. Andrew Jack
| sons birthplace This is the state
ment of the civil engineer whose
| work has never been successfully as
| sailed as to any Of his historical
| references. For instance. on the
same map you have the location Of
! the battle ground where Buford 8
brigade was destroyed, which is now
marked by a monument erected by
act OF congress. which verifies the
location by Boykin. Here also prop
erly noted is the battle ground of
Hanging Rock, the first battle in
fire: he was there under Gen. Will
liam K. Davie. and that monument
is accordingly located. He ran this
when all the men who were a few
years Jackson's senior were alive.
Jackson was 53 years old and then
very noted general when this map
was made. And nobody can escape
the conclusion that the tradition
was thoroughly settled at that time
and this map was made with all the
| eNiueuCe DeIOTe uiNl, ana IL WAS III
acute issue up to that time
Reilly's map made about the same
time has the same entry-it is III
state historical department OF South
| Carolina. Another declaration OF
contemporaneous history was that
OF Gen. William r. Davie. who was
born in England June 20. 1856. and
after 1860 was raised in the Wax
haw settlement and belonged to
Waxhaw church. which was estab-
lished by his uncle. William Rich
ardson, Presbyterian preacher. who
left him all his fortune. and knew
intimately the traditions OF the
country, who in 1915 made the
statement unequivocally that Jack
son was born in Lancaster district.
s. G. The letter Is still eXtant.
Davie was afterwards governor OF
North Carolina, elected in 1898 and
a county hears his name. In 1920
James ThonaldsOn, of Philadelphia
presented to the legislative library
OF South Carolina bust of Jackson
for the reason that South Carolina
was the native state Of the dis
tinguished general, and the South