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

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s.. c. The letter is still extant. Davie
was afterwards governor Of North
Carolina, elected in 1913 and county
bears his name. In 1920 James
Thonaldson, Of Philadelphia presented
to the Legislative library Of South
| Carolina a bust of Jackson, for the
reason that South Carolina was the ma
tive state of the distinguished general,
and the South Carolina legislature in
resolution accepted it, as will be seen
by reference to the report of the his
torical commission With congratula-
tions that the nativity of Jackson is
now acknowledged as our own. Re-
ferring to the line settlement Of 1915.
Why no protest from North Carolina
The dispute was supposed to be
settled when they settled that line, be-
cause the only dispute then was
whether Crawford's land was in North
or South Carolina. There was no dis
pute about his being born on Craw-
| fords land, everybody admitted that,
and as late as 1916 Foote in his
sketches Of North Carolina, upon page
476, says: + iG'r ." 40
The place in which Andrew. jackson passed
his early years was claimed by North Caro-
lima for long time. but is within the bounds
of South Carolina, rs now settled by the nu-
tual agreement of the states.
1t was done in 1915. Foote states
| this again on page 1913. That was the
only question until Mr.. Parton moved
the place of birth from tCrawford's to
MeKemey's by the testimony of some
! & cd old ladies who had been dead so
years. - One circumstances which is
pregnant Is the failure OF North Caro-
lima historians, to claim him. WheeIers
history of North Carolina was written
In 1845 to 1850 and published in 1851,
and enumerates the men who have orr
ginated in the different counties Under
Mecklenburg county, pages 263 to 268,
he names eight very prominent citizens
who originated in that county, and
amongst them he names James Knox
Polk, native Of Meeklenburg, and after
wards president of the United States,
and gives quite-ia a lengthy history of
him, but makes no claim that Andrew
jackson was native of Mecklenburg
county, and when the brethren of
Mecklenburg county fall to claim a
man for; rs years-s5, in " "fact-it is
pregnant evidence that they have no
claim upon him. Under Union county,
which had just been established, NO
such Sclaim Is made either. 'i2 ..-,S' ~
What do the historians say? Mills's
| History Of South Carolina, published
IN 1926, page 600, speaking of Lancas-
ter county, says: -t'"s
Lancaster was the birthplace of Andrew
Jackson. He was born near the waters OF
Waxhaw creek in this district and within a
mile of the North Carolina line.
The accuracy OF this historian has
never been successfully assailed in any
particular. Amos Kendall wrote prac-
tically an autobiography OF jackson
because he wrote Il under Jackson's
immediate supervision and the first
number contains a map identical with
the maps set out here, with the place
of Jackson's' birth shown as the Craw-
ford place, in Lancaster county, S. G..
which is claimed under the authority
of Gen. jackson. ~ ~. 's ~
On June q. 1s45, George Bancroft
the greatest historian yet produced by
America, said in his memorial address
on jackson: >.troJ -.n.t RS y
South Carolina gave birthplace to Andrew
Jackson. On its remote frontier, far up or
the forest-clad banks of the Catawba, in q
region where settlers were just Beginning Il
cluster, his eye first saw the light. bancroft
Miscellaneous Writings, p. 445.) ~.
This memorial address was published
In the leading papers of the country
and coming, as 1t did, from the leading
historian of the country, no protest OF
lcoupterstatement was issued by North
Carolina, and the correctness of the
statement was conceded till 1859, wher
Gen. Walkup and Mr.. Parton promul-
gated the new history. '
"Gadsden's Life of Jackson" pub
lished in 1924, states unequivocally
that. he was native Of South Caro-
lima. No history prior to Parton's 1859
lever asserted the contrary. ~
AS / have already said, Wheeler's
I History Of North Carolina doesN not
Eclaim him for Mecklenburg county as
1t does James K Polk-and properly
land Foote'S History of North Carolina
Estates expressly twice that there was a
hdispute as to the place where he was
brought up, but it had been settled
that it was in South Carolina. Brady's
History of Jackson, published in 1902
land again in 1906, makes the statement
in the text, which is the 1902 text, that
Jackson was born at the McKemey
house in North Carolina. This Is his
statement: '
When Andrew Jackson. Sr.. died he left his
wife with two little boys and practically nc
property. He had not proved up his claim
and there is no evidence in the records of land
transfers that he ever owned foot of ground
Then he speaks Of Mrs. Jackson
starting to her brother -in- laws, Mr.
CrawforRs: f'.".,a'. ? 't
On the way she stopped over night at the
McKemey house. and there Andrew, Jr., was
born she was well enough to travel in three
weeks. a rather long convalescence for q
frontier woman of that period; leaving Hugh
| in the McKemey home, she journeyed to the
Crawford place with Robert and the infant
Andrew. 81. r.'.al
After publishing his 1902 edition, and
possibly his first edition Of the 1906
book, he took up with Mr.. A. s. Salley
secretary of the Historical Commission
of South Carolina, and had him pre-
pare complete statement Of the evil
dence in the matter, which will be
found as Appendix A to the 1905 edi-
ton, and in bringing out the book he
repudiates the text as to that matter
and Appendix A begins with this note
The most interesting and valuable paper
which seems to settle the question has been
specially prepared for this book by Mr.. A. s.
Salley, Jr., secretary of the Historical Com.
mission of South Carolina, an author of nu-
merous historical and genealogical papers re-
lating to southern subjects.
That is on page 407 Of the appendix
On page 421 he makes this statement: t:
While agree with Mr.. Salley as to Jack.
sons birthplace, and TO that extent disagree
with Parton. am compelled to make an en-
phatic dissent from his estimate of Parton's
book as a whole.
So that Brady, when confronted with
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