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

The house in committee OF the
whoie house on the state Of the Uu-
len had under consideration the bill
(H r. 1s.sSS) making appropria-
tSons for the departments sf Com
aerce aad LAbor (er the 6scal year
ending Jaae -. tsss. and Tor other
purposes.
Mr. Stevenson. Nr. oAairmam aad
Eentfemea. 1t IL Al old controversy.
bat recently Z have discovered that
Il the last edition ct the Coasres-
sionai Record. the perAeuent one.
the myth that Andrew Jackson was
horn on the McKemey plantation in
North Caroiina has beea eugrafted
on our Congressional Record aud I
desire to coutrovert that proposition
And once for ali place before the
congress aud this country the evi-
dence as to tue Sirthp1ace OF Andrew
Jackson.
The controversy about the birth of
Aadrew jackson is one which should
he settled e. tho evidence and not
on personal preferences. myself
aru native OF North Carolina: left
there after I was 81 years Of age:
WAS born and reared in the Scotch
ICtsh settlements about 60 miles
from where Jackson was born, and
have no reason to question the claim
oS North Carolina to his birthplace
except that truthfuIness OF history.
My admiration Tor the state OF my
birth would forbid my undertaking
improperly to take away any OF her
claims OF distraction. But this con-
treversv arose frst In the mistake
OF the suryeyers In locating the
Naes between the proviaces. They
wore directed :a lsI5 to atart at the
mouth OF Little River south Of Will
Iningtsn aad raa to the thirty -Gfth
parallel ef latitude. ana that paral-
let was thea to be followed to COM
psete the nerther. itae. By error
they stopped a mties short Of the
thirty-dfth perailea. and when they
started to compiete the line they
foand when they got to Waxhaw
creek that they we're IL miles south
OF their iioe.. The fine was to run
areyna te CataHbs Indian nation,
watch had l44.Aee acres Of iand.
~iich would run the line at that
posnt above the thirty-ffth parallel.
That iile had been run in 1868. and
the eastern line at It's southern point
had reached Twelve Mile creek 3
miles below the thirty-fifth parallel
and stopped on. Gum Corner. and
the state line should have cut that
line. therefore. ) miles above
Twelve Mite creek. when 1t was
found to be miles below, they es-
taoiished q. rock corner at Waxhaw
cxeeir End the dine between that
rock corner and the Gum corner on
Twelve Mile creek was not settled
finally until 1915.
You see. here on the map Is the
line. They were to come up to this
parallel. but for some unknown rea-
SON they stopped II miles south Of
the paralIel. That stood until 1765.
when they were directed to 20 there
ana finish IT, In the meanwhile the
Catawba Indian reservation was run
out here. as you see on this man
containing 144.0o0 acres Of land
and it was understood that it was
to be entirely in South Carolina
The line was run around that In
Soath Carolina. The line was run
around that Ia i1Ss and came to
Twelve Mile creek. which is shown
here, at which they established
corner kaown az the Gum corner
which Is stiu extaut,
Mr.. Little. VIII the gentleman
yield for O questions
Mr.. Stevenson. wifi yield to the
gentleman from Kansas. =,
Mr.. Little. The gentleman says
lit was understood" What does
the gentleman mean by under
st0od?"
Mr.. Stevenson. 1t was agreed be
tween the two provinces OF Nortf
and South Carolina. I am informed
Then when they went to make the
northern line here, that was to bt
the thirty-ffth parallel clear through
here, and then run around 1t and tt
take the thirty-ffth parallel agair
and complete the line. That wa
the understanding between th'
provinces. But when they got here
they found they were IL miles be
low the thirty-Hfth parallel and