Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28

made, constituted, anu AppOlnteu, anu py tnebe
presents do make, constitute. and appoint,
James Crawford, Of the county OF Lancaster,
in the State of South Carolina, my true and
lawful attorney for me and in my name for
my use to ask. demand, sue for, recover, and
receive all sums of money, debts, dues, or de-
fnards whatsoever which are or may be: due.
owing, and payable to me. and on receipt
thereof sufficient receipts, acquittances, and
discharges for me and in my name make,
execute, and deliver and more particularly to
make over and convey unto Shared Gray by
lease and release sufficient title in fee simple
to 200 acres Of land situate. lying, and being
in Meckenburg 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 might or could do were
personally present. hereby ratifying and con-
frrning all that my said attorney shall law
fully. do ir,Sshe premises. In witness whereof
have ihersunto set my hand and afhsed my
seal the 2Sth day of November. in the year
of our Lord 1872: i ''
VA. Andrew jackson. IL. SG
In the Jpresenee Of EE
kbram. Boyd
South Carolina. Lancaster County:
i sAbrahaIn Boyd came before me and made
oath that he was present and saw Andrew
Jackson or the county Of Davidson and DIS
triet -of Nero In the territory Of the United
States ,of America south Of the river Ohio,
sign. seal, aid acknowledge the within power
of attorney.to to James Crawford. OF the coun-
ty of Lancaster and State of South Carolina,
for the uses and purposes therein contained,
and that he. this, deponent. signed his name
as a witness thereunto at the same time.
), C''!as.+ y -, Az Abraham Boyd.
Sworn to December 2S, 1892. before me-.
Jno. Sirnpson..J. l.. c. c.
Recorded January 2, 1898.
State of South Carolina. County Of Lancaster: !:
I, Paul Moore. clerk of the court of common
pleas and general sessions in and Tor saio
county. do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is true and correct copy OF
power of attorney executed by Andrew Jack
SON to James Crawford. as shown by the
record of the same in my office in deed book
B. at page 227 Given under my hand and
official seAl at Lancaster this ieth day Of
forcs;sl 1sesIo Paul Moore.
'aa. - Clerk Of Court.
Mr.. Hammer. Will the gentleman
yield?
Mr.. Stevenson. / will
Mr. Hammer: l desire to ask the
gentleman If Mr.. Parton is not consid.
cred one Of the most painstaking OF
historians?
Mr.. Stevenson. He is by some !peo-
pie, no doubt. Specially with North
Carolinians.
wrote the authentic history OF Gen:
Jackson, who was a life-iong frlend OF
Mr.. Jackson, did not know where ne
was born.
Mr.. Stevenson. jackson said that he
was born in South Carolina, and said
1t over his own signature, and he knew
more about what he knew than Collier
did. t.
Mr.. Hammer. would like to ask
the gentleman If Gen. Walkup did not
make an investigation of rs witnesses,
about one third living in South Caro-
lima ~
Mr.. Stevenson. Gentlemen, I can
not Er....
Mr.. Hammer. And did not they
furnish the testimony
that has been uncontroyerted?
Mr.. Stevenson, You can not take
any more OF my time.
Gen. Walkup got up Is affidayits,
bnt what were they?, Eighteen affida-
Wits as to what Sarah Latham, James
Faulknerra and MRS. Cotsar andH old
Mrs. Leslie and Mr.. Finly said, and all
OF them had been dead 36 years, and
most of them SO or so. You trace 1t
back TO those FIVE people and they do
rot agree. Eighteen people In 1913
stated what they had been told by peo-'
pie who had been dead, all Of them.
for more than a half century, except
one, who had been dead IS years, to
people who spoke while
many living knew the facts. ~
want to show you how unreliable
Mr.. Parton was. Gen. Walkup states
that Andrew Jackson never had any
land. The trouble is he did just what
he did. .as to where ~he was born---he
did not look in the right place.
I have put in here the power of at
torney executed by Andrew Jackson In
1892. in which he conveys to one Shar-
ed Gray 200 acres of land in Mecklen-
burg County, North Carolina, on the
waters of Twelve Mile Creek. That is
the Hand his father took up, just on the
line, but in North Carolina,
Parton and Walkup say there was
no such land, and they could not find
any, trace of 1t. And here L produce a
record OF q power of attorney from
Jackson himself, conveying it away IN
1892 and recorded in Lancaster Coun-
ty, s. c., on the I'd day of January,
1898. And it shows you the absolute
unreliability of the witnesses relied on
by Mr.. Parton, because he says not
only positively that Gen. Walkup says
that the old man never had any land
there, but he says positively that all
these people he saw down there scout
ed the idea that the old man ever had
any, and that it was all a myth. And
yet here produce the record over An
drew JackSon's signature that he did
have it, and gives the lie to that which
Parton got up and which he spread all
over this country. These people told
him that Jackson went to school at
Waddell. He believed it till he found
it untrue. They told him the old man
had no land. He believed it, and I
show it is untrue. They told him Mrs.
jackson went back home after she
buried her husband, and he repudiated
that in his own text. How can history
be accepted out of their mouths? Zap
plause.]
The Chairman. The time of the
gentleman has expired.
Mr.. Stevenson. Mr.. Chairman, ]
ask unanimous consent to revise and
extend my remarks.
The Chairman. Is there objection
latter pause.l The Chair hears
none. u ...
Exhibit A.
REPORT of the Historical Commission of South