The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-04-21

The speaker Representative William e.
Stevenson OF South Carolina He was speaking in
the national house of representatives at Washing
ton. In short the DID, old controversy over the
birthplace of Andrew Jackson has been set going
again. OF course every good American Knows
or should knOw-aIl about Andrew Jackson Q767-
1S43)-eXcept, perhaps the place of his birth.
Andrew Jackson after service in the Revolu-
4ion and wild youth the frontier became
lawyer. He served in the national house and SEN
ate. He defeated the Creeks and Seminoles His
defeat of the British at New Orleans in the War
of 1872 is one of the great battles of history He
was the nrSt American governor of Florida CS21).
He was the seventh president of the United
States His firm stand against notification in
South Carolina is history. He died at 1.-THE Hermit
tage, Nashville, Tenn. "Old Hickory" is one
of the popular figures of our history
The Andrew Jackson controversy seems to have
been sort of dOuble-barreed dispute First
there was controversy over the house in which
he was born-the Mckinney house or the Craw-
ford house. That was apparently settled in favor
OF the Crawford house. Then the question was:
Was the Crawford house in North Carolina or
South Carolina?
AS 70 the first controversy: Andrew jackson
Sr.. had Iandzon Twelve Mile creek This land
was-or is now-in North Carolina very close
TO the present North Carolina-South Carolina
state line. When Andrew Jackson ST.. died he
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funeral Mrs. Jackson went either to the home of
her sister, Mrs. james Crawford or to that of
another sister, Mrs. George Mckinney. The two
homes are only few miles apart, but the Craw-
ford place is now in South Carolina and the Nc
Kemey place is now in North Carolina.
One story had it that Mrs Jackson starting for
the Crawford place, stopped the way at the
Mckinney place. where Andrew born and
then went on to the Crawford place. where she
took up residence. The other story had it that
Mrs. Jackson went directly to the Crawford place
and that Andrew was born there.
The historians made a great ado about the
question of Andrew Jackson's birth-whether it
at the Crawford place at the McKemey
place 1t was finally settled-at least to the sat
lsfaction of most peope-in favor of the Craw-
ford place.
Later a new controversy broke out This time
It was over the question of the location of the
Crawford place-was it in North Carolina or in
South Carolina?
Though this controversy died out there is
curious conflict of opinion to this day. From
the debate in the house it appears that most of
the encyclopedias of the present day say he was
born in North Carolina. The histories differ On
the point. Recently monument erected in
North Carolina over a spot stated to be his birth
place
1t appears that in 1867 when Andrew Jack
son was born, the line between the two states in
the vicinity of the Crawford plantation was in
dispute and had not been legally settled. Accord
ing TO Mr.. Stevenson the eight-mile line between
the rock corner on WaXhOw creek to the Gum tree
corner Twelve Mile creek was in dispute be-
ginning with 1868. He said in his address,:
1.-THE State of South Carolina claimed that it
was a straight line and the State of North Car
Olna claimed that it followed the road and all
the maps IS will show you by one of them pres
emily, carried it by the public road, which threw
the James Crawford grant of land largely into
North Carolina. Meanwhile the Crawfords were
granted tract of land by South Carolina and the
game tract of land granted by North Carolina
to Gen. Andrew Pickens, that being the place on
which General Jackson was born. So that from
1895 until an agreement was reached in 1915 the
Crawford land, which Jackson was born, ac-
cording claim in North Carolina, and
according to another in South Carolina and
the map showed the Carolina road as the dividing
line and that threw the Crawford land largely
into North Carolina, though the Crawford house
Was in South Carolina. Therefore, while the claim
was set up that Jackson was born In North Car
Dina, 1t was we'll established and everybody ad-
mtted that he born on the Crawford planta-
tion There dispute about that The dis
quite whether the Crawford place in
North or South Carolina"
Now, of course you've heard that famous story
about what the governor of North Carolina said
10 the governor of South Carolina. But dollars to
doughnuts you don't know what made them dry.
Well, here's all about it, on the word of Mr..
Stevenson:
Now, in 1913 the two States reached an agree
ment and sent commission to settle that line.
and extended the northern line, which had only
been 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 Greek to Gum at Twelve Mile Creek
which put the Crawford plantation in South Car
blina and established the Crawford land as Craw-
lords and not as Pickens'. That ratified at