The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1922-03-10

LED snd west OF the Catawba river
was siven Ia exchange for 1t. But
the smile limo here from Waxhaw
creek. where they established a
rock corner in 1866. to Gum Cor
ner. on Twelve Mile Creek. was in
dispute. The state of South Caro-
lima claimed that 1t was a straight
line and the state OF North Caro-
lima claimed that It followed the
road. and all the maps. as I will
show you by one OF them presently.
carried it by the public road, which
threw the Janice Crawford grant OF
land largely into North Carolina.
Meanwhile tho Crawfords were
! granted a tract OF land by South
Carolina. eRd tho same tract of land
was granted By North Carolina to
Gen. Andrew Pickens. that being
the place on which Gen. jackson
was born. So that from 1865 until
an agreement was reached in 1915
the Crawford land. on which Jack
son was born. according to one claim
was In North Carolina and accord
ing to another was In South Caro-
lima. and the map showed the Caro-
lima road as the dividing line. and
| that threw the Crawford land large
~ into North Carolina. though the
/ Crawford house was n South Caro-
lima. Therefore. while the claim
was set UP that Jackson was born
in North Carolina. 1t was we'll es-
tablished and everybody admitted
that he was born on the Crawford
plantation. There was no dispute
about that. The dispute was wheth-
| er the Crawford place was in North
or South Carolina.
Now, in 1913 the two states
reached an agreement and sent
| commission to settle that line. and
| extended the northern line, which
had only been run about to Tryon.
and ran 1t out to the Georgia line
| That commission worked two
years. They adopted the straight
Line from the stone at waxhaw
~ oSA ~ NuuA o. Il UCtVc AuS CTeeh,
which put the Crawford plantation
| In South Carolina and established
! the Crawford land as Crawford's
| aad not az Pickens's. That was rati-
! fed at a great conference between
the governor OF North Carolina and
the governor OF South Carolina on
November 2. 1915. at Greenville. S.
c. Some OF you may have heard of
the remark of the governor of North
Carolina to the governor OF South
Carolina.
Several Members. What was it?
Mr.. Stevenson. OF course. they
were the governors of two neighbor-
ing sovereignties. and when the gov
ernor referred to himself he did not
say "I." but he said "the governor
OF North Carolina says" 80 and so
Ito the governor of South Caro-
lima" That was the way they con-
Quoted 1t. and there was a great deal
Of dignity about it.
Mr.. Stephens. What was it he
said?
Mr.. Stephenson. Finally. at a
long sitting. when the refreshments
ran low. the governor of North
Carolina is said to have remarked.
THE governor Of North Carolina
,, wishes to remark to his excellencv.
the governor OF South Carolina. that
it is long time between drinks"
Taughter.) Now. that was when
that was settled. and the agreement
on that straight line settled it that
| Andrew Jackson was born in South
| Carolina. because nobody disputed
that he was born on his Uncle James
Crawford's plantation, that that was
where his mother lived That was
one of the burning questions settled
and was in direct issue. because Of
Jackson's great prominence. as a
Sketch Of North Carolina. below
cited. PIP. 1913. 47s.)
Mr.. Dunbar. VIII the gentleman
yield!
Mr.. Stevenson. yield to the
gentleman from Indiana.
Mr.. Dunbar. Is It not conten ded
that he was born at the home Of
Mr.. McKemey?
Mr.. Stevenson. Yes. and I viii,
come to that in a moment.
Mr.. Dunbar. The gentleman just
said he was born at the home OF
Mr. James Crawford.
Mr. Stevenson. He was born on
Crawford's plantation. in South