Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
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celebration of the Fourth of July by the peo-
pie of Charleston in 1881. President Jackson
wrote II, letter dated at Washington, June
Ia, 1881:
"A necessary attention to the duties Of my
office must deprive me of the qualification.
should have had in paying under such circum-
stances a visit to the state of which feel
pride in calling myself citizen by BIRTH
In a letter To Joel r. Poinsett, of Charles
ton. another native of South Carolina, dated
at Washington. December 9. 1882. he wrote:
"if the Union party unite wit'r'ycu heart
and hand in the text you have laid down. you
will not only preserve the Union but save our
native state from that ruin and disgrace into
to plunge her.:
In his proclamation of December 10. 1882,
anent the modification" convention of South
Carolina, he used this language;
Fellow citizens of my native state. let me
not only adnnonish you. as the First Magis-
trate Of our common country not to incur the
penalty of its laws, but use the influence that
a father would over his children whom he saw
rushing to certain ruin
Again. in a letter to Poinsett, dated at
Washington january "a, 1888. he wrote:
hsI repeat again my pride and desire in that
the Union men may AROUSE and sustain the
ma jesty of the constitution and the laws and
save my native rtate from that disgrace that
the nullifers have brought upon her." -"
In letter to Gov. Hammond, of South
Carolina, dated at the Hermitage. January IL,
1913. he wrotec ? I"
Conscious as / am of the integrity and
propriety of my conduct in regard to- Judge
Hall it' is truly grateful to my feelings to
find the legislature of my native state, South
Carolina. uniting with the iegislature of other
states in those high and honorable feelings Of
justice which their resolutions 30 plainly in
dicate." 'St-,--,a ..r~.
And, finally, in his last will and testament.
Gen. jackson declared that South Carolina was
his native state. He said:
"Tfie large silver vase presented to me by
the ladies OF Charleston. Soc, my native
state, with the large picture representing the
unfurling of the American banner presented
TO me BY citizens Of South Carolina, when 1t
was refused 70 be accepted by the United
States senate, Il leave in trust to my son, A.
Jackson, JJr.. with directions that should our
happy country not be blessed with peace an
event not always 10 be expected. he VIII at the
close of the war or end of the conflict present
each of said articles Of inestimable yalue TO
that patriot residing IN the 'city or state from
which they were presented who shall be ad-
judged by his countrymen, or the ladies. 10
have Been the most valiant in defense OF his
copntry and our country's rights. -
Here are seven statements from Jackson
that he was a native Of South Carolina AS
to the location Of the spot in South Carolina
whereon stood the house In which he was
Born the following evidence Is offered: -,
I'm ls43 Amos Kendall, one of Jacison's
closest personal friends-in fact, 80 close that
during Jackson's occupation of the office OF
president heswas credited by Jackson's political
opponents with being the power behind the
throne" and as q member Of the little coter1e
of Jackson's personal friends and advisers, was
Icontetnptuously referred to as the Kitchen
cabinet published several parts of life OF
Jackson, which was. unfortunately. never COM
pleted. That work was prepared so much un7
der Jackson's eye that Ii might almost De
called an autobiography II contained 4 map
showing what jackson regarded as the exact
site of his birth! The evidence; given on that
map is confirmed by four earlier. maps The
first Of these is a plat to a grant OF hand made
to Robert Crawford by the governor OF that
province Of South Carolina in 1775. me
plantation so granted contained $40 acres ana
Law lalorig Waxhaw creek. with the line be-
tween the provinces of North Carolina and
South Carolina as the EASTERN boundary.
The certificate to the plat recites that the
tract had. previously been granted to Andrew
pickens blythe governor. Of North Carolina nn-
der the Nmisapprehension that it lay within the
pounds of North Carolina. At the time oi
Jackson's birth the line between the two pro
y;neAs at this point had not been agreed upon
ar blazed out. In i1e4 Gov. Bull had direct
al that A straight line connecting gum tree
nm Twelve Mile creek with a stone ABOUT a
NILE south Of waxhaw creek should be con-
ui6ered the line until an agreement should oe
rs, chad In iT7GA, this line was officially
,o,,eed to. and by that agreement the land
wbereon Crawford then lived was shown to De
South Carolina territory and was then FORM
auv granted to Crawford, who had doubtless
Mar. ON 1t for some years. In 1908 the states
If North and South Carolina entered nso a
conventional agreement for defniteiy hAihs
the boundary line between the two states ~
certain points. One Of these points was the
Smile line. referred to above. In 1910 tue
commissioners and surveyors appoinled os tie
t,,o states ran, blazed out. and made map
a. iSno This man shows the landmarks
along the line. On the plantation granted 70
pobart Crawford In I775 two houses were
sSna;n ON this map, those of ]. Crawford and
p Crawford. In 1920 the state OF Soutn
caro,ina began the compilation OF series Oh
,,,.ns of the districts of the state under tne
.nnerv;sion of Robert Mills, the great Amer.
Eca,, engineer. The, contract for surveying ana
mn s,no n map of Lancaster district was gwen
20 7 Rov,in. a native Of that section OF the
sf.lei and n surveyor, of wide reputation. his
nan 6xes .aGen. A. SJackson's birthplace on
the Crawford plantation exactly where tne
n,an made under" Gen. |Jackson's direction IN
Isas placed it. Before publishing Mr.. miiiS
sent n proof of the map to Gen. Jackson VINO
u,ro,e hack that the birthplace thereon gwen
yas correct that he was born on the Cra"-
ford Mace In the same year Qs2o) Eugene
Reilly. surveyor and engineer. delneated
man of Lancaster district differing from Boy
kin's map as regards landmarks, but placing
seen. Jackson's birthplace exactly where
Boykin placed it. ''' -
In 1920 Mr.. James 'Thowaldson, Of Philadei-
nhia presented to the legislative library OIL
South Carolina bust of Jackson. COM
mit.ee was appointed by the general Assembly
IN draft resolutions of thanks. Embodied IN
tbeir resolutions is this significant statement:
"With 80 many themes Of admiration ana
causes of gratitude in the history OF the gen.
eral. we, as Carolinians, have still more nap
nv reason for graduation that he whose ma
tiyitv has been the cause of rivalry for con-
tending states, is acknowledged as our own.
Evidently the committee had had some con-
elusive evidence as to Jacksons birthplace
furnished to them whereupon they based that
statement There is still another bit OF sec
ondary evidence to prove that Jackson very
we'll knew the place of his birth. In 1900
some contention arose as to the place Of his