The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-29

Carolina.
Revolution and a wild youth on the frontier,
Andrew Jackson became a lawyer at Nashville,
then in North Carolina. He served in the national
house and senate, representing Tennessee. He
defeated the Creeks and Seminoles in the War of
1872 and his defeat of the British at New Orleans
in 1915 was one of the decisive battles of American
history, inasmuch as if Pakenham had captured
New Orleans Great Britain would presumably
never have let go of the mouth of the Mississippi.
He was the first American governor of Florida
QS2D. He was the seventh president of the
United States. His firm stand against notification
by South Carolina in 1882 is history. The "spcils
system" is linked with his name. His devotion to
his wife touches the peoples heart. old Hickory"
was red-headed and individual. He is a popular
figure of our history.
The birthplace controversy is a sort of double
barreled dispute. First there is the controversy
over the house in which he was born-the Nc
kemey home or the Crawford home. After this
had apparently been settled in favor of the
Crawford house, the next question was: Was the
Crawford house in North Carolina or in South
Carolina?
You see, Andrew Jackson's father died and was
buried close to the North Cardinals South Carolina
state line. From the funeral Andrews mother
went either to the home of her sister, Mrs. James
Crawford or to the home of another sister, Mrs.
George Mckinney. And In one of these two
houses Andrew was born. The two houses were
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now in South Carolina and the Mckinney place in
North Carolina.
The truth is-or seems to be-that In 1867, the
date of his birth, the line between the two states
had not been permanently settled. 1t was not
until 1915 that the boundary line dispute between
the two states was settled at a conference between
the governors at Greenville, s. C. That was the
occasion of the historic remark of the governor Of
North Carolina to the governor of South Carolina,
which is even truer now than then.
But if there is controversy over "Old Hickory's'
birthplace, there is recompense in the Hermit
age" where he lived and died-the picturesque
historical home is just as its owner and builder
left it.
Of all the historical homes in the United States
none is more picturesque or of more interest than
the Hermitage" 1t lies within twelve miles of
Nashville, Tennessee, on a road that runs through
a rich, rolling plain, dotted with great oaks rising
out of grassy meadows, the fields bordered with
wild flowers.
Jackson's holdings comprised about 1000 acres,
and his land was some Of the finest in Tennessee.
He was evidently a good farmer, for there are
records of his accounts among the papers Of the
Hermitage" The great barn which he built while
he was yet President of the United States is still
standing. 1t is situated on a knoll ONE distance
back from the house.
President Jackson bought this property about
the time that Thomas Jefferson first took his seat
as President of the United States. 1t was the be-
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built upon it, away back in 1904, is still standing.
1t Is a one-story-and-attic log cabin, with a red
brick chimney Mt one end and a roof of rough
shingles. 1t was there that Jackson lived in 1906.
There was his home when he fought the battle of
New Orleans in 1915. And there he and his wife
spent some of the happiest years of their lives.
The Hermitage proper is the house which
Andrew Jackson built in 1885 when he was still
President. The site where it stands was selected
in 1919, and a home was built there of brick made
on the place. 1t was in that home that Lafayette
was entertained, and there Mrs. Rachel jackson,
the wife of the general, lived until she died just
after her husband was elected President. The
clothes which she expected to wear at the White
House receptions had been made. but she passed
away on the eve of his departure for his Inaugural.
ton. That house was burned in 1882. and Jackson
Immediately rebuilt 1t as it now stands, laying out
the grounds as they are today.
The lawn in front of the house is the exact
shape Of a guitar, with the body ending at the