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' i J tea r . r 1 ... ;t. ; v ' 1 i ii .-. ''""t -ft .,. ,-.!) a.' . rCBU8UED WCir : . FttO.I DA II LET. ' T . TERMS Of 8CBSCHIPTI05. Tit DoUtM por ymr, lTribJj b k4ran'. ' t Wo tuixwiptiw riT4 fcr Im tku lis BMtlta.? Bixtt Ct per 8)art for lh Irrt, tad TuruTT Cixti ptr S'jur foe tic a labauwt, itueruon, ri cepi fr ' ' , ' " v ' Tan HftBlbi, whr tlM cbarf wfll .-.$4 00 1 Aat for til moaUit........ 00 ' , X Ji'r aJrarUar a, UWral dimani Ui k ad. .. , . . FroNaatoaal n4 Biuiaaaa Caraa, Mot xeacdiaf Iidm ia lanta, will a inMrkxl for f a w loofw ia preportio. i ' .1' ; i. ' .. . i . , AdnrUMn na4 tat Ik Bankar af liana tkajr with their JrHiiMmnt UtartH i otaarwiaa tbar Will a c outiuud till furbidJtaj aadehargad accord- t-fr - 4 v - (Ijr T Ubm r ! (SretUr) aaka taaM, KORTH CAROLINA ARGUS. , '- " Mojikoe. N.'C Sept 7, 18M. ' Mur Eorrok r I diacofar In Km of IU ptpn ckiffli get up by Mr. Datn'pori,)f Vhinfi, u to fbo birth place of Oaooral Andrew Jack ion, Prealdent of lb Uoitod Suleo. Tha Lanoiiter Ledger bu pretty ckirlj tbdvn the ibeurdUr of ant eucb TetDsioa ea (be pari or irgioia. Jit caa be Ten tleariy eiiallUhed, bejoad queatioo,' tbet old Andrew Jeekfoodiid before the birth of fate eon Andrew', on Ttelre-Mile Creek. fir North Carolina, where he reL! Jed aboat obi or two? jean berbroihia death; and that General Andrew Jaokton wai bora 15th March, 1767." There fore the ieconnl of " Ai parcnW leaving VIr pnia ia 1769 with a aim An, Trow," foul J not be imej !aee hla" Mhor uiud ia the rt of tie La wWr the lubeeriber dctemiaed lo Karl I-0"-'' Pb,ia nlon ooroa, aewptper in tho tow ef VdoiboreV En- "werai mm mmeeii, were ano ooaragedvby political and peieoaal Wenta, tha. T "iTC- .V V. V 1, I - . . ,j i.. ingwora in oonw vroiiaa. i mini u caa oe pretwil jrd with h Ir4 .iwmber) third eeries, dnoid i5 V, of iVa.VbrrA rnWlfj ww , " T: f nia woanoe w ume, wa Mumu Manv llt of ihoM to wham ih imrarw . w inmonRn, w THE BJRTfljVIiACE OF- JACKSQX greeting ee jthie oeeattew a ro already eeqaateatd wh iU paM history aad political eoaree. ' We contemplate no change ia any department of the paper. ; The . plaee &l pnllicatioa hariaa: Men ohaned we nay auhe a ohaage of th,e publica tion day nothing more. ' Col. Cameron, thdeome political friend of tha tuLeeriber, will regularly eontribote to the poJItlcal department of iJe pa per.. C "W, Feotonr eq ef Wuhingtea city, (who has associated with him his son-ia-law, I ranklia Darley, of the same phce,) will hare charge of the publication 51 r. Fentoa is a geotlemaa of experience ia his Km of business j aad hi qnict, nnobtmsiTe and gentlemanly deportment will eofficlently ree- ommead bun to the community in which be has coma tff lire. The press at large know him, ha hsrtag eondaeted a paper in A'aehiagtoa daring the Prwkleatuj campaign of 1848, and subee qneotly.'. Te the eitisen ot WaJeaboro' sad Aasoa county I hare more to aay than, lima or ipace will now permit " Let It snSee that your inga and aeceaaiiiee were felt aad l bared by joar bom etc lAe kowttt) Gtorgt McKemf of ilcCa- i w, JlecJkUnlury cottny, Kortk Carolina, after his fcther death, on TrtliJUih Cretlt,' tbrth Carolina. : 1 ' ;' ; v The truth f the whole matter teem to bo about this: There were six sisters, Miss Ilatch uwoi, who intermarried a follow : Margaret mar ried tieorgo McKemey; or MoCamie, who set- tied W Waxhaw Creek, North Carolina; Mary married Joha Leslie, aad aettled on Camp Creek, Soath Caroliaa t Sarah married Samuel Leslie, and aettled oa Waxhaw Creek, North Carolina; Jane matricd James CrawtorJ, who aettled oa Waxhaw Creek, Sooth Caroline; Elisabeth mar ried Andrew Jackoo, senior, (the father of the President,) wbo settled on Twelre-MJe Creek, North Carolina; aod Craoe married Jtmes Crow, who aettled near Laadsford, Soath Carolina.. Thai daring tha early part of tha year, 17C7, (btfore the birth of Aadrew Jacksoa, the I'residcnt oo the 15th of. March,) Andrew JaclaoOj aenior, died si his reaidenoe ia iletklanburg. county, (now Union) near I'lcaaaot Crore Camp Ground, on Twelve Mils Creek. "North Carotioa, That a a m ej ,J st. a n . amite lor i reaiaenu . umers. uenjamin ;-. Btj Esq , and John Carnea's, were published in 1845 id tha two Charlotte ti. 0.) papers, aod ia tha Lancaster Ledger aome twe or three year go ; and lueui itatomeots nave never booq auc cttifully controrcrted.' In fact, I have eea no attempt at the time to controvert them nl all. The tnoat Ind strongest testiaiony cornea from the immediate rWutien of General Jatkxoa and rptrtom living la the State of Seutk Carolina, womt prejuuioea aoa inclination wouiu naturally all tend to the epposiu direction. ' Then it ia crrlain, if they are to be eralittd, thut General Jacksoa nm born at Qtory jkC'ami$,- in XorlA , Carolina. Where, - then, did George McCamle ,lif Inny old persona know the plaee welL and the tuin of the place ti!l mark the epot. It U still called tha "Old MeCamia House,' and is near Curefxn t rond, hi Union eounfy, Horth Carolina, about ooe-furth of a , mila e of tbe State line between North Caro lina i . -!(n;th Caru!ina, ( hich lrna hwe m aoitb and touth.) aud a Ituio over one fuurtb of a mile southeift of Cureton't l'ond. and now belong to Wta. J. Cureton, of South t'arulioa. We have tba autement ti Mr. Uuch 2H Com mon and wiio Julia, and of Mr. John l'orter. aod of Mr. Tboma Cureton, senior, person all ovct sixty and soma near eighty vcara old: and the neighborhood tradition, of where both the Ueorge Vatoia and tha Leslie bouses Hood; and these peraoaa were horn and rwueiiathe imme- dutte neighborhood, and tid there for tbe last tutif ot teventy yeara. . ,. ' " W hve the atronger evidence of th,e iahd rrn, abowiog that tha patent of the McCa- mie tract was trtji ia 1707 for Joha MoCaaet .t. .4 2. . A . 1 . t I . uuta. ii ww peieaioa ia tioi; soia to uepen that lina; Lu which his South Carolina frieod aert r '" Ad iVum' a PmJ'i h1..Mam A I 9iiw wtjBw V w ui vraaWlvik , wutn mum WWivinu i n torn aI Cmwfard'i. ia Month C&ro- Antltwi Jaokmn wm bora. Tbat moom $ Mrt, . . rt d t7 Mig-ej ajtHta aivvaesai vivvas wll eaasx avaseas a wj- junn , w fcUow-eitis, who, (together with ether eitisene,) hw b!ln. V V". ren.6ed, after tbe has coma forward aad purchased the office ef tha Korih Carolina Aryus. We present it to yon for joor patronage and support. We feel too 5- doot that our expectauooa will be realised, though it ia often tha ease that there are mt .' euauaail af goodly amount of true 'publie1 spirit who are deficient in that all-important prim siple liberality. jBuch eaeu wait and wait na;il they caa see a pallia aterpris prosper until the littlW (took of patience of the liberal heart of r pnllio enterprise is worn out nd enter- -.- prises die out for the want of encouragement. Others again art possessed of a priaeiple of go- aheadativcaeea, without the public spirit. "Rale or rata" seem to be their motto;" and when not consul tad, do enterprise will do. Thrg must be master of all cere monies, with a finger or a eye tooth in every thing, or It' no go a weak eno cern, that woa'l Lot long. , To the first class we would say, Stand up 1 and put your shoulder to this wheel like men. To the other, We are en gaged In good cause - the public weal is our object ; we respectfully solioil your patronage, aid and tupport; if you will giro it w will gire yoa ia exchange tba worth of your money; aad if you do not tee proper to giro u your support, X will leave you with thi injunction, To attend to yonr own business, and remember the table of , the boys and frogs. . , The club of gentlemen under whose auKpices death of her husband, to WaxhaV Creek; and oa her way to Major Robert or James Crawford's, s?ae aeeeaed with knr aiatev, Mr. iieCaate-: Tket whilst there, the was takea dowa aad delirered afa aoai Aadrew, who was afterwards President of tba Uaited ?utea.' That a oeu s b was able to trtrel, ia about three weeks, eh weal forward, with her aon, to Mr. Crawford, la South Caro lioa, where' they aiWwarda remained aotU the Kevolutloaarjr war; aad' hi hutory ia well enough know a from that time forward, i ' " The above is the tarrint tradition ef his nrijh- Ion and tntum, who knew his true his tory. Many old persons, who well anew hi father, where ha Jived, died, and was buried, prove that be (General Jacksou'a father) Kred, at the time of hi deafh in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina ; and that he wu buried ia old Waxhaw ohurnh ykrd. That his (General Jack- 4 ' " .a . w ...''".'" a1' ' aoa ) mo'-ner removea wiiTewitn ncr inona in Waxhaw; and on her way gare birth to An drew, at .the house of George MoCaroU, htr brother-in-law, near Cureton' Tond in MccLlcn- burir, ( now t'nion county.) North Carolina. ,Thi ia oral , tradition amon) the near neighbor and nearest rulatiooof Jack son hTi5ielf in Waxhaw, North Carolina and .South Carolina, as i shown by the certificate of Benjamin Mastey, Esq , and Messr. John Carnea, tacen in 1845, and Mo Lathen, ( hi second cousin,) James Faulkner and tha Arm, is to be published are,pieiMedofl . . b . . F ... j sufficient learning snd pecuniary ability to make ",., , . . - . it equal to any of our State) papers; and although of uacesaity partiasn in its ehiraeter,' we arnnre our political opponents that it shall not be 0 offensively. ' ... A. M VICES. SEPTEMBER lfl, 1838. ', , -tar We forward eoptc of the Arnvt to All : tho 'old subscriber whose names we find Tegistered ' ott tba books , of , tbc. office. W hare beea induced to believe, and there is no reason why Uthould not be so, that w would fteejve m liberal support from the people of Aa sou and the adjacent counties. We hare come among yoo with a desire and determination to publish a paper every wy worthy of yonr op port a paper that will benefit you andyour chil dren, in which will regularly be found trtiolr -(selected .or originill appcalipg to the better fool ing of our eowmoa aaiure, intended to amuse, interest and inetract. Tho Argtu, with iU hun dred eyes, will look abroad upon' tbe world, note the follies, the fashion, the whimsicalities, aad the oddities of the teeming millions who inhabit it, 'and drawing thence lesson of wisdom and pru dence, hssteo togiv its readors the boneSt of it experience, Poping that they may avoid the follies and foible of the crowd, and pursue the path of : wwdom, whoso way are pleasant and whose path are peace. . ' . - . . ill - . " -r--- t t9Will our friend in Anson and elsewhere faror wl with communication conuining the "bow, incident, acoidenta, Ae &e., ia tfeir sev eral localitic. i W wish to b poeted, espeoiaJly in relation to crops, prices of grlo, proTisioos, not too, ett. Any news ia which the public may be supposed to take aa interest, if forwarded to us, will be gladly received. - We will forward tc uch, urpa receipt of their favor, posUge Uuips, tlst the may be at o Jaekson, ou-n atttrud that "Ac (Jackson) irs born at Gtorgo McCurmt $,nnl that Tiiir WEBB rararsr AT iiisjUBTU." Jhat " Mrs- Leslie," bi (Jtekaon') aumt, u wu testor on tba night of hi birth ;" that it was at her brother-in-law', "George MoCamie', Jo North Carolina, close .by where she (Mrs. Leslie) lived in North Car olio," and that rbe ' took her little daughter, 51m. Lathen; with her' and ', recollected well of icalkinj tho near fray t&rojK the JieM in the night time." ' " ': v , 'y In addition to thi positive testimony, we bare tbe testimony of Mr. Elisabeth MeWborterand bet too George MeWhorter, and. Mrs." Mary (Toasar, whotato hst ite'y werb "jiear ntigU ior$, and pretc ni on ilu m'yfit of th lirlh of GcntralJackton" ot wet there on the "next day," and have a distinct rocollection that " he teat born at t).e' haute o Georjt McCamie, in JSorth Carolina;" which testimony rest upon the statements of Samuel MeWhorter, the grand son of Elitabetb MeWhorter, Thomas Cureton, senior, and Jeremiah Cureton, senior, who heard these old person very often speak of thee facts in tho most positive tcrnis,"nd who gave'want circumstance in corroboration of Its truth." And all these witnesses, and those whb traditions they relate, were person of animptatkabl hon- ttiu and teraa'fv. who had the Very best oppor. imnitiet of Inowinv the tmtk' of all tht fartt thrg narrated, who were near neighbor, near retaiioni, nn& intimate trwon'ofrnrith Jackson lu bUjrou'V .-v , , .'J- . There are oiler witnesses, who testify of facts ibey personally knew or beard fiom good author, ity, whose character for truth cannot be called io-queiUo. - Many of their aUtement have been publithtJ long ago, and ofttn and ulway nUictg praclametU ny ot mcu uitemeois, underaUod, were published itf the United tato Telofrraph, edited by Duff Green, about Uooa Townsend bv JlcCaoe in 1761. and Townsend to George MeCamie in 17C0, the year uuiui vicawii a viiva, aoa ins year alter, til biofrraphera aay, hi father and friends arrived in Waxhsws.N.It was held by Mctitmio until be sold it to loom Crawford in 17'J-', and by wrawiora to Jeremun fjureton, sonior, in 17vu; na i now to property ol bis son, W lllista J. Careton: all of which deed have been dull rrffuterod, aad (hey describe tha land aa tyi'j in Jix Urutm ry cfm fy,Aortk Vandina, OOC itcyis. tet's Beck XIV, page 2U2 Book XI, psge S8, in CUrlotte, N. C , Ac, Ae. All of which deeds tncau tho MeCamie tract In Mirth Cur lina, whet it hut been to eonelatieely prove that Snamt Jaelaon was torn. . A to Aunt. I'hillis' testimoor. which the Ledger speak of, I saw her ia the presence of brr master, Mr. 31. v. Crawford, a few day ago. She has qui V a' confused Idea from hearsay evi dence, and aaya aba " dsxt not too a ber Jack soa was born;" that she only knew him and waited oa bin when He wat a mhml boy, board ing at ber Vaster Crawford , and sue did ot knot whether he or herself wis tho ol 'ttt ; that her Mold Maater Crawford said, when ab did tot stat, that hw-( Jackson) was) born at the Wren pUw ; that aoaae said, he waa bora atoam down on tho ri'f'r, fof be part, A didn't tov vhtr ! was Dora en aid not even knos tieorze McCsmia or hi place, altboueh he lived within two milea of her master until 1792. ' But, arya'atha Ledzer, " auroly a ir.aa ought to know where tie was bora." 1 should suppose be woul l be ntner a pronmme youth, that could recollect that far back in , his belplcsa infancy. It trr said that he ia i wise child who know his lather, and, I think, ha would be eq'Mlly jnvoo. eious who eould tell his birth place of his own knowloda. lidt tuppote thst General Jackson ays that he was tuld o (vis : where he was born,) by other. Then let us bear who those persons were that told him (a, and see if their opporturit. ties for knowing the tact were ss good aa were those of his ; Mrs. Barak Leslie, who was a near neighbor, waa sent for at the time, and who is said to bsvo been tho midwife who delivered ber sister ou that occasion ; for tho positively awerta that "Jackson waa born at Ceorp Ma Cam is', in North Carolina, and thai alia was F resent at tw birtb, if James, nod rhoma 'aulkncr Jol'n lathen, and Jobq Carnc are to bo believed."1" W ere their orportunu for know, ing as pood aa Mr. Lathan a, his amtin t For he said that bo (Jackson) an bora st George McCamie's, li North Carolina, for rhe' was prts cot sod remembeis well gning with her mother (Mrs. - Leslie) oa that occasion the near way through tbe field if Benjamin Massev, Esq , John Lathen, (her son,) or Thomas and James Faulkner, ber nephews, (and those last three all second cousins Of General Jackson,) all of South Carolina, are to be credited. Or were the means of thee narrators for knowing the faet as goad as Klitabeth McWhorter's and her-son George, or Mrs. Coiwar, near neighbors and Ultimate friend who sartney were present on that niirnt or " next day,'- V and that Jackson was born at George McCanJe's io North Carolina?" if Sam uel MeWhorter, Jeremiah Cureton, and Tlioius Cureton, senior, and n any others are rehablo. to be a; iFrea's, one of Crawford's places. An there U ing, therefore, such nienifett diserepancy m 1 lus ui!scripiioo oi tne proper pioce, h shows, esideiii' that there waa no aetUed opinion by Uent i J teuton bimsajf ot tbe place ot ku birth. And, therefore, he just supposed that he waa born at Lrawford place, near the Waxuaw Greek briJf a, becauee hie earliest association were eoeA aectid witb that MaeeV 'Mot that be tad beea iafoiiaed by bi mother, or any otbec coeopetenl persjn, ol tne cartioular spot where be wa born ; or be would, bav apokea positively of it, and tatfd tbe reason for hie opinion: and there would have beea no discrepancy or contradiction in tiia location. t-.j,-,.. a t trt a-t ulfow, I believe honest old North Carolina would not claim General Jaekson, or any other person or diin;, that did not justly belong to her. But 1 tru ' -De Will ever maintain ber right to that winufi fairly na -properly belong to ber: end not sutler ,&relf to be defrauded and robbed of ber just rluht. and stand, like unresisting ia aocence, to be crucified between two thieves. And I know that her eitisen will at way act aa " bign-niindcf men men wnotbetr dutie know, but stow their rights, aad knowing, dar main tain." ' v " .?v ..,--. , Sonth Carolina ha torn pretensions to claim tba birthplace or Jscktoo, although Joey teem to be more specious than (rue. ' But Virginia niitrht, with as much propriety elaim tba birthplace) of napoicea Bonaparte, J alius Caosar, or Alexander the Great, aa to claim that of Andrew Jacksoa. Tbe truth is. thst General Jackson' father settled od lived one or two years of di life fn nortn uarolina, and died there i and be, Andrew, junior, hia aon, was bora in Nwrth Carolina at (Jeorg MoCamie'; aad ia North Carolina I where he finished bis education, and atudied law. and practiced it in hi early manhood. As far, there tore, aa toes thine can give character or eon sequence to a State, Aorta Carolina is justly en titled to tL hoaor of Riving birth and a prufue- i . . - - . i r i i . i wua tu ueo. aboiww acsion; aaa u era tua truth of hwtory ahall be viodioatod, she will have the honor of having beea tbe State of hia nativity. D. xi. WAl&.Ur. laariaraa Diataicr, B. C, Ag. S, 1S4S. Bis I Acrtaahl t voar reqaeet. aad to fulfil at Broaiiae to you, I herewith tend yo Mra. Latbea'a ktntory ef the birth of Aadrew Jatttsoa, as relattd te me hf herself a beat the yr as wail as my memory saw earns ae. Mrs. Lathea aWlee that h er If b4 Out. Andrew JAon were aUtert' chit Urea': that air. Leatir, the father ef Mrs. Lathes, air. MeCaaii. Mr. Jacksas, the father of Andrew. aad Mr. Jaaiea Crawford, aB married slater : Mr. LnUe aad Mr. MoCastie located themaetvse la Meek. ieabnrf, ,t. C Waxhawa j Mr. Crawford leeated la Lancwiter Viatriet. B. C. Waxbaws t Mr. Jaekaoa looated hlstatlf aear Twdve.Mil Creek, Meeklea. bare. M. that she was aboat sevea rears elder llu a Aadrew Jackson j that shea the father ef As drew died, linv Jaeluea left home aad suae te he bretber-ia-Ua'a, Mr. MeCaale's, previeae to "tba birth ef .ladraw ; after lirin at Mr. McCaaia'a hil Ad !rw bora, stri. ab a baa j Urea. (i . ... .- s f ;v. e . . n The maiden aae af my grandmother and aiaaar (Mrs. Jaokaoa, Mrs. MeCamis and Mra. Crawford) were Hutchison. One of tbtm married Bamacl Leslie, my graaJfather, en married Jam Crawford, en mar. ried Oeorge MeCamie, and eae Burned Aadrew Jack ton, seaior. Jackson lirrd ea Twelve-Mile Creek, North Carolina. Lealia IWtd en the Berth side ef Waihaw Creek , North Carolina, ea the (est side ef the pablie road leading b-om Lsaeaaler Coart itoaae, Bdnth CaroUna, to Ubarlotte, fiortb Carouns,atMUt oa niUe east ef said read, and east of a Urge branch, and atar to Oeorf e McCamie's, as I nnderatood, hnt net to near tlie pablie roM as ateCamia's, -I Ooc I snow waer MeCenia Uved, Crawfard Uved seas Waxhaw Creek, Is Norih Carolina. Bamnel aad Barafa Leslie, and died aboat tUirty-flve Jaekaen waa a candidate for tk Freaident in IH28, ytars ago, ana was eewr sixty yuurs old at ber aonta. My SMtuer uvea near m naul ber death, and we lived aboat eeven or eight mile from Bamnel LetHe's and William J. Cureton a Clare, aad ahnnt twa mlm,fmm 014 Waxbaw eburoh, in Boult CuroJioa. I sat aevcaiy year of agd, sad hare a very distinct reaelltetiea ef ail tbe racks above stated aa trao aad correct, a lated by my mother, and as reeouteted by myaeir. ' -l i ' . JM i.A' Testa t Disos Larats, ii Aural. JJ. WALKIrr. Carolinaa 6 be aald Mr. Jaokton wa on ber way , from ber residence, oa TaclvcMd Creek, North Car. lias, to her relatione ia Waxkawe, and atppd to stay all alalit with her sinter, Mia. MeCamie, aad waa takes u labor there, and that aha, Mr. McVthor tar, was aent for as a near neighbor, and wa present at the birth of Andrew, at the hen,. of decree Me Cantie ia North Carolina J and Uiatah touk my father, with bar the seat day whet aha visile t Mrs. Jarkaon) at MeCamie . My grandmother lived aiih vy fll about two years when I wea aboat nine or ten yeere old, and died aboat fifty yeare age. I am now aiitj oae year el age, all of which I certify to be erred. . ...... BAWI.ELalcnttUtlIi.lt- , Teat i Bautrn H. Watacr, . . , '.. - . . , )i. C Watstrr. ,.) ...j .. Waxxtasvi'tt P. 0., S. C, Sept. 4, 18.'J. , ' Tkl I to certify that 1. Jane YYUaoa. have heard many old pereont, during tbe time Ueneral Andrew JOil LATHIS. 1 remember the sU tenant made by Mra. Barak La. thta tnbeuntially a above stated bv my knsbaad, and j keard Mrs. Laibea erUa repeat tbem aa nbee airea about Andrew Jaekson being bera at George eCauiit'a, aad she being preaent with her mother, '. Ir. Barak 1 Lealle at ble birtb. AUStS LATHEN. Tests: Dixon Lavaas,. .i , . BASvaa U. Wautur. ' . . ' Keaa rn Olb Waxhaw Cnrnca, 8. C. Auguat gl, 1W.8. I kar beard my Tatidmother. Bank Leslie, my thst the was present at the birth eif Andrew Jaekaoa, President of the Coiled Sutra that ha waa bora at the hoose of Oeorge MeCamie ,8he stated that the father of Andrew Jaekaoa was married te her Meter, aad that be bed died Bp ia North Carolina oa Twelve Mil Creek .before tbe birtb ef Andrew Jacksoa, jaw Bior ( that her ir, Mra. Jeckeon, bad left luat nlare aad seas t fleam McCetaW'et mmd there wee delivered ef AeeWwackaon, and that ah wat aent lor en tbe night be was bera, and went threagh the BeUe, and tbal it waa bat a titer oittaaee rrom where tbe Uved to Mr. MeCamle'a She Bred ia North Carolina. Berth ef Waxhaw Creek, aad east ef the pablie road leading from Lancaster, Boats Carolina, te Ckarlottr, North Carelias. about one mile seal. Bh need with my mother, Sarah Lathes, after I waa grown to boo. I think my rrandmotberWas a midwife, at waa also my mother. Mr. Llie bad kr miad and mem ory sp to ber death ia fall vigor. Bfae wne aa eld woman wbea alt died at my mother t, near to thu nlaoe, Waibaw church. South Carolina, fibe died aboat llty yeare age; ail ef shkh I certify to be cor rect. - JUiUt LATllaJI. Teat ; Dims Lath, x , . 8. W. WAUtir. birth ; ae a aa Mrs. Jaekton waarettotwd to health snd ttrength came to Mr. Jaeo Crawford a, ia Beath Caro'ina, aad there etaalned. I believe lbs above soatains alt tha Bu tt aa girca by Mra. Lalhea te me. Mrs. L. waa a lady of rrv Xir Uo-ling ia aoriety. ' JIU'JAMIS MABdEV. Mr. a. a. WAucsr. i . - IascAtri PitiaicT, 8. C., Aug. 22, ISIS. Mr. Lettie, the sunt of Oan Jaekaoa, ha sftea told m that Ueneral Jaekaoa was bera st George MeCemlt', la North Carolina, aad that hit moifarr. seea after hb birth, moved ever te James Crawfard'r, ia Soath Carolina sad 1 think aba told me aha was protest at hia birtb ; bat at any rte, be knew wtll, be waa bora at McCaialt'i, and that the impreealoa tkal h waa bora at Crawford 't nroaa Irem hia mother maerng over there to toon after hit birth. lira. Mono waa n tody of anUm:ihed character aad eaeelknl rrpautioa. . JUUS CAtU(B. D. U. WAjuctr. Recollect that the witneae are, thiefty, South Carolinian Bd oiotly relation, of Jackson, near neighbor, snd all of unquttioalde vrraeitj, tot only the ijieateri bnt alao Mot a ho related their conversation. Could anything be uioie conclu iretoan unprejudiced mind than (hat Gencrul Andrew Jaekson watbvtn at G'eoige HcComit'i or McKemey', and that WoCamio then lived in A'orth Carolina t . Surely no honoat jury could have a reasonable doubt, nor Would Gun. Jackson himaelf donbt, with inch convincing testimony, that hi birthplaei wa in-North Carolina. Gen cral Jacknon, doubtltsa, formed hi opinion as to hi birthplace upon hi own earliest rceolloe tion snd youthful sssociaiiona which were con nected with tbe Crawford place, where hia mother removed to 'when he was but three week bid ; or from information derived from persons wno had co such mean of forming aa correct opin ions themaelve as thoso person bsd wuiaj in formation we htve hbov given. ' Tbe fact ia, I (appose, that very few turn can tell, even from Information received from others, where they were born; epeciallv if tbey have lost their parent in earl life, and have been far removed, for a very long time, from the acehes of their native place, as was the ease of Jack 1 son. , ill mother died when' be was about tour. teen, and wa never bear of bia being in Wsxnawa after the Revolution. - What meana bad be then of getting information of tha place of hia birth t - I have Seen ' three biographies of General Jackson, one written about 1818, by I have for gotten whom, who atatoa that he wa "bora in tb Waxhawa, Marion Dart riot, South Carolina." Another, written by Joha S. Jotkins, and one by William Cobbett, both of which put him down at bom in ' Waxhaw cttlement," " about forty five mile from Camden," and one state " near the North Carolina lina ;" but neither of them aay in what Stat. I have pot aoen Kendall's " Lite of Jckoo," which i said to have beea written Hit or H'i'if wheo General Jackson wa cn- j by his authority) and which atatc, at I ltain, Ararat 20,1858. Mr. Jasie ranlkner. of Bleel Creek. N. (?.. Ula that h I tlilr-two veara of an. and I tba aon of James sol Mary Faulkner! that bis mother Was a daughter ef Stmael and Htreh Leslie, and therefor kianhS full 'aoBttii e( Oanerml JhImi hi gratHhaotber sac the titter ef Mra. Jrektea ) that he waa bora and raieed ia Booth Carolina, aad that Mra. Oeorge MoCamie and Mr. Jamet Crawford were eiatem or Mm. Jaektea and bit grandatctber, Mrs. Barak Ledit. 11a loeaUa the plaece where thev aot tied, aad thews that Mr. Andrew Jtekaon, tenlor. settled and died ea Twlr.Mile Creek. N. C: that George MoCaai aettled a quarter of a mile east of Careton t ronlsnd qoarter ettt of tbt pablie roe.1, nod la Kurth Crllna ; that Mr. ta!l wat very near neighbor t Mr. MoCamie, and in NerthCsro lina no I tbat Jamea Cranfonf settled atrant twe mllea aad a half eoatbwetit, In South Carolina, tie etattt aartkalar veaoooa sad cireumttanoe why he knew tie McCaini ntuce. via: That kit fatber lircd with M.'Cmi in 1785. for . bae' tr, and rpoke of bebnlitg and turning eat the korree sn grate at Cure ton't Find; tod of h.t making only tfteen bot1itt of torn at t!iat plaee that year a bla share if tbe crop ; aad farther, tbat bin nnuie, George Lettie, tired with Mctyamie for terertl year, and antil th oVath of hit tent, Mrs. McCumle, In 1790 ; tbat he waa namnl for MoCamie, and vtt to Inherit bis property, - ileatatee that old Mr. Jaokaon died before the birth of IRatoa, Gen. Jaokton, and that bit widow, Mrs. Jaokaoa, wta quit pour, and ntuvctf A-om her realdenec tat Twelve. Mile Cretk.'N. C, to live with her relation oa Wta haw Creek, and whilst on kr way there tht ttonped witb her elnUr, Mra. MoCatnle, in North Carolina, aad was there dolircred of Andrew, afterwards Pres ident ef the Culled Blataa; that he learned thia from varlone -j) I pereons, and particularly heard hi aunt Sarah Lathea often epetk of it and steert tkat aba waa present atbis, Jaekion a, birth ; that the taid her mother, Mr. Lexlie, wa tent fcr oa that ncoa aion, and took hor, Mrs. Latbea, then a email girl aboat aeven yeara of ago, with her, and" that the re- -eolleoted well,' of going the near way through the field to get then i mad tbat aftorvarde, when Mra. Jackton baca-n able to travel, rbe continued ber trip to Mr.Crawford't, and took ber ton Andrew with ber, ant there remained. -He think! tin that bia stint aid that ber inutber waa tbe aildvife who delivered Mr. .Jaekaoa ea that oeeaaion j that hit aunt wu a woman of good character, and soend mind aad mem ory t th time of her death. oigneu jaI3 raiLXAtH, Arorrr 81, I&08. Mr recollection ef what Mr. Sarah Lathra aald of th birtb -plaee ef Andrew Jacksoa, Provident of the nitod Btatee, wa aboat thia : 1 Save C'ftea heard her lay tbat Mr. Betty Jaekaoa, tb mother tf An draw Jaekaoa, wa ukea alck at tb Boa of Oes. McCamicr sad aeat fer Mrs. Barah Lcali st th time. be the waa delivered af Andrew Jaokaoa, sad tbat the, Mr. Lewie, tooa ker daughter, aire. Latliee. -.a '..mt,. nr. aarwi ante mataay apeak of hit having lw bora la North Carolina, a Id Jeremiah Careton t itere in South Carolina. Tba, repetition of bia birthplare being ha North Carolina, vr t iwmM InMtag UIW SMtl Vick apeak ea pahlic day of Craeral Jaekaoa 'a be ing born ia North Carolina, near Csretoa, and elaim that be waa related te Jaekaoa. I heard old Oeorge MeWhorter ale remark freqaently that General Jack soa aad h were playmates aad very familiar, aad went te tobeol together; aad be aeeerted that ha knew the very pot where General Jacktoa wa bera, aad named tbe place, arid aaid it waa ia North Carolina old Jereaiiah Careton' etor. A greet many other old person, also, ea the earn pebii day, st vYileoa'a. and at ether time, I bar heard (peas of Jeektea baring beea bera aa above atated. I am bow IftV-nia year ef ag. JANS WILSON. Witness: B. H. Watsrr. . ' Joas Poaraa't, star Cureton' Star. 8. C. V Aagaet (0, 186c. I am ia my seventy-eevtnlk year, aad waa bora sad railed ha this aaighberheod. ' I am well aeqaaintad with tb place where it it aaid eld George JscCamia lived. It ia ebont ens mile aoath ef my konte, ia a eld now owned by Vm. J. Cnretea, ad tormerly be- leaged tc hie fatber, Jeremiah Core ton, temior, where tbey .Uved tor womeumt lying cest ef tne puono read leading from Lsoeatttr C. II., 8. C, te Char, totte, N. C. about eae reaith ef s mile east ef aaid public read aad aboat aae-foarth ef a Bill oathsaar of Caretoa' Pead, aad la ia North Carolina. My father, William Torter, Uved ea Twelve-Mil Crack, boat foar mile front this plaee, aad wa well ao- ejaalated with Andrew Jacksoa, afterwarda Preeideal af the Cnited Butte. 1 bate eftca beard my Dither say that Mrs. Jaekaoa, th mother af Aadrew Jack, aoa, lived a abort time st the George MoCamie place, aad MeCamie waa s relation ef Mr. Jaekaoa , and aftrrwnrda Mra. Jaekaoa aeat from Georg MeCa mie' place te old William Wrea 'a place, whets ah rs- .iuel for acmeume. Andrew Jacksoa waa frequently at my father'e houae, and taught school ia the neigh borhood j one of my brother and titter vent t school to hia). The place where General Jaekaoa waa bora. baa always beea disputed, come alleging that k wa bera at the vt rea olaea sad other at to Melamis lie. There were soma twa (amUiea et laliea nirg !a a aoatheatterly direction, a abort dittaaca ap the ereek, from George McCaa ie't, and ea th north tide of aid ereek aad east of the public road. I have patted lbs plane of Ion going to VValkop' mill, oa Wasbaw Creek, N. C. JyUX PORTER, per o. a., l'osixa. Tent: 8. U. Wautcr. . rnlina, 8i8. j Defor Jou M. rnrr, J. P. Bam'i. II. Walkcs. . and WaiHAwa, near the Waxhaw Chureh j Lnoaer District, 8. C, Angus 8(),18R. -The following it abont wkait I bare heart my mother, Barah Lathen, say la freqncnl conversation abont the bltthnlaee of Andrew Jackton, Pretident of the, Cni ted Btatee. fib baa often remarked that Aadrew Jacktoa wa born at the house ef George MoCamie, and that ah (Mn.-Lethoa) was preeeat it hi birth. Bfa Mated tbat the father of Andrew Jackton, via I Andrew Jackton, tenior, lived and died oa Twelve Mile Creek, ia Mecklenburg count v, North Carolina, and that aooa after his death, Mr Jackson left Twelve-Mile Creek, North Carolina, to go to live with Mr. Crawford, in Lancaster District, Aoath Carolina. That ea ker way, the sailed at tha hoe of Georg MoCamie, wka kid married, a titter af ker (Mre. Jaekaoa,) and whiltt at MoCamie' the wat taken sick and sent for Mr. Barak Leslie, her titter, and tht mother ef Mrs. Sarah Lathea. who waa a midwife, and who lived near McCamie's. Tbat aha, Mr. La thea, accompanied her mother, Mr. Barak Leslie, te Gwirg MeCamie', tbat she was a young girt aad re seller t going with ber mother they walked through tb acid ia to sight, ami that th wa preeat whea Wa.- . iaroagh the neida, th wear way, irem Mr. Lathes te Geurg MoCamie'." 1 have eftca beard my grandmother, Barah Lettie. say " that abt wa eat for, oa the Bight of the birth oT Andrew Jack Ma, by her sitter Mre. Betty Jacktoa, who was takea akk at the boats of ker brethar-in-iaw, Georg Mo Caniie, tni that aha took her daughter, Sarah Latbea, then a anull girl, with htr ; that they walked tke aear way, throe : h tbe BetJa, to MeCamie', aad that the waa pre tent wbea Andrew Jaokton waa bars st tbe heewe of aaid George MoCaoiie." Thee woman war both ef soaad muula anl excellent memeriti, aad character, ap to the time of their deatha. Mra. Ledie died about fifty year ago, and Mrs. Lathea died thirty fir yea re ago, ' I ana row seventy year of eg, and reaid now, whets I hart ever tine my birth, ia Lancaster District, Soath Carolina, aear (algtll!e P. 0., and about twe milea from the eld Wasbaw church. I am the graadtea of Barak Leslie, tbe aunt ef flea. Andrew Jackton, and aoa of Mary aaJ Jaec Faulkner. My decided opiolcn it that Andrew Jackton waa bora at the bono of Georg MtCamle, and that Georg MeCamie Hred at that time oa the east ef the pablie road leading from Lan. eajltr C. H-, B. C, ta Charlotte, N. C, an the aorth aide of Waxhaw Crack, and in a northwest direction rrom where my grandfather, Ranrcei Leslie, uveu aboet helfwar Mess vbsnt tba fmhlta rna aeeeae Wsxbaw Creek, at Major Crawford', ia South Caro lina, to Waikap't Mill, la North Carelias, on Waxhaw Creek; teing, I think, nearer Wtlkup'a old mill than Crawford s, on the north aids or viaxntw i rtea, tne abont one-half sr Urree-iuartb af a mil trcm wax haw Creek: ea tke east ef a tatll branch, sad aboat one mile trom tbe public road from Lasccater to Charlotte. George MoCaiaie, alter the death of hit wife, (my eunt Vewiry,) removed to Thonaa Craw ford , on Cain Creek, 8. C, a ber he died. -All of which it hereby certified to be true and correct, ae- eui ding to my beat recollection, hia THOMAS X P.U'LKXrit. Tesli Bah'i. FtvuKvaa, mark : ; "B ah ja ii. WLKtr. vilL.. : - : -- jf jxs Wu o"i Sroa, 1 " -CnioCouatyTN-.tJ.,rpu4r18C8, I, Samuei MeWhorter, do herely certify that 1 lav oftentlrac heard my father, Geerge Ici hottf i, ipenkmg of Oen. Andrew Jackton, rretidist ( the United HUte. lie aaid h bad been eery ir.tlmat With Jaekaoa In thrlr ytulh, sere Intimate aaeociat, and wtnt te school together, and lived In the tame heighhoihood within about two malet of each other) tbat hia mother, Blitaheth MeWhortor, wat a sear neighbor, and waa present on the nitht of Jackson 't birth; tbat hia mother, went back oh the next day to ae Mra. Jaokaoa, and took hi in, George MeWhor ter, with htr ; that he was then a little over live yeara eld, and taw Mra. Jaekaoa and her on Andrew, and recollect very wtll all about it ; that Mra Jack, ton wit removing rrom where the ind her husband bad retided on Twerve-Mil Creek, in North Carolina, where old Joe MoCoamoa sfteiward Uved, (and w ior Mr. Laaey now live, aear Pleiaant Grove Camp Ground, and near the Howie go'.d mine now owned by Commodore Stockton;) that she, Mrs. Jaokion, wa ea ker way to live witb Mr. Crawford snd her other connection! ia Waxhawa, and waa taken alck at th ho'aae of George MeCamie, who had mar ried a sister of bera and caa then liviog In Norih Car olina near where old Joremiah Careton afterward had a store ; and waa delivered at that plica (McCamle'i) of Andrew Jtekaoa. , lie it ted tbat be wat well ac quainted with George, MeCamie ind hi family, and that thry lived in North Carolina between whore hit father. Geonre MeWhorter. Uved and old Jeremiah Cureton't store. My grandfather, bi ald, lived about from three-fourth te a mile nortbwtst of Jat. wtlk nn't eld mill, ind that MeCamie lived north writ a abort dUfcine from hia bent ; and that Old Sattael LeUe lived very near to hia fatber't ; and that they, the Leslie (Samuel and Jamaal and George MoCtmie and John McCommon were all aear neighbors and very intlmite fnen.lt My fcther wat a Revolutionary soldier, h said, nnder Major Crawford, and wa at Charleston, 8onth Carolina, end drew a pension for aeveral yeara be for bia death at lli rate or about forty-one dollar per annum. Th family record, an old Bible, exhibit! thlt reeoid in my father' band writhing j " George MeWhorter, bom tbe 8th day of February, In the ear of our Lord, 1TC2." and ia taken from the original family record new in f opera tion of the family of my k rathe Jjha MeWhorter, snd I know thit te be a correct copy of the original which I hare seen. My father luct it thia plaee about thirty-eight year before" bla death, and died 4th Febrnary, 1841, about eighty years of age ; ha retained hie mental facultie in full strength up to the time of his death. I have freqoenUy keerd my father and grandmother, Jaekaoa I, g at George McCamls's bout ia North - Twosa Ccmtos's Hoc, Kcar coraer toa between ft- aad B- Camlii Aaeutt II. 18.8. t-lsiesaaCS-ytnaueeaW. VUat atwi t aeventy-tra. years of age, do hereby eerti,' tbaa my iaiher, Jam) Caretoa, oaa to thi Waxhaw Scttieatent trcm Roaa- ok river, la North Caroliaa, aboat aeventy-vkres yeare age, a I am tafonned aad believe, whea I was . aboat en year eld j and my brother Jeremiab Cure ton, who waa about twenty yeara older tbaa mytelf, am with him. My brother, Jeremiah Cureton, bousbt tbe Ueorse MeCamie I lace aometime after he eaate to thi county, in aboat li'J6, and eettlid dowa ea th tain place aad ia tbe same house whir George MeCcnie lived, lie remained there a tew yean, sua emit he bought the place where William J. Cantott sow live. 1 know the George MeCamie plac wtll. It lies in North Carolina, aboat S quarter ef mils east af tbe public road leading from Lancaster Coart x loose, eoum v-aroiina, so liiovhs, (Hmuw, aod to the right of skid road aa yoa travel aorth ; and lie a htlie east of aoath from Careton Poad ea aaid puhlia road, aad a fitti over a quarter ef a mile from aaid nond. Mr brother. Jeremiah Caretoa, el wart called that the MeCamie house, and th MeCamie , place. My brother, JeremUh Coretr.B waa ef tba opinion. fi-omlfcfWiuatioa derived from old Mre. Molly Coatar, Hit mother of Kirhard Consar, that Andrew Jackie, President of lb United State, barn at the Geerae MeCamie nlace at abut described. Mra. Couaar aa a neighbor, and lived then, at tha tin of the blub ef General Andrew Jaekaoa aad antil ker . dratk ia Booth Carolina, about one mil west from th Georg MoCamie hoase, and waa a very old womaa . bun aba died, whi -k wat about thlrty-nve year o. fib wa a womaa of undoubted good moral character, end .her veracity wat unquestionable. Tb Lvdi bouse' lay about half mile In a southern direction from tbe MoCamie hoase, end north of Waihaw Creek, and tavt nt tut puhiie road, I hare lived for the last seventy-two or three year within three or four miles of the McCkjU Ict. . All ef wblrh it hereby certified to be correct and true to the bvst of my opinion and belief. THU.UA3 vt DtlVJ. Vf itnes : Squeal, ir Miar.r. Craaww' Srone, 8. C., Ppt'. B, 18,18. My fecollertion, fl-om what my father, Jeremiah Cuitton, senior, tol l me wm, thit be, my father, lived on the old trao; called theOeorge McCemie tract, anl -----in the houo where George MeCamie lived, and whet it waa aaid that -Andrew Jackton, rretident of tba United Btatee wat born; and tbat he, my father, aflrrr . wtrtla removed to th place where I now liv. Mr fhther has frequently pointed out to me tht eld MeCa mie house, ae tbe place where, be taid, he always un derstood Andrew Jarkton wa born. Tbat old per- son, who knew ait about bit iiirtnpiaee, aaa aia tuat there wa where Jackton wa born, and tbat old Mre. . Molly Cousar waa on of tk persons k tpoke of hi v. ing mad that statement, and he tpoke very confi dently, from information he had received from virion old persons, that the Oeorge MeCamie home waa wbtrw Jarkton waa bora. Tbii aJcCemte bouse, lie abeet half s mile southeast of where I now live, and ia is L'tilonacoantir. North Carolina, formerly sailed Meck lenburg county, North Carolina; and ia a little over a quarter of a mile southeast of whit ia called Caretoa' Pond, and about a quarter ef a mile east of the Stat line, and the publio road leading from Lancaster Court House. South Carolina, to I'hirioua north Carolina,. about onnd-a-ha1fmilenortk of Waxhaw Creek I have the eld- land paper for aaid tract, Wkicb was patented to John MeCane, l'ot, npen a survey dated 8th September, 1767 ; conveyed by McCane to Re pentanee Townsend 10th April, 1761, and by Town, end to George" MeCamie, S.i January, 1766; .and by George MoCamie ta Thorn a Crawford, 1792 ; and from Crawford and wife,' Elisabeth, to my father, 28d July, 17W j and by my father to myself, and which I stilt . own. My muter oama trom Virginia wttn my grand father, Jamea Careton, to Roanoke, Nortfc Cartlina, and from there to Vt axhaw, South Carolina, aad ptvr ehaaed th MeCamie place,- where he liveda few yeara, and then removed to th place where I now reside ia Lancaster District, Sonth Carolina, where be remained antil bit death in 1817 ; being then tigbty-four year of ace. This ia about ill Pen recollect, from Inform. atinn derived f-ora my father and these old land pa pers, about tha MeCamie houae and plac. . . ' W.J. ccbet&n: Value : S. H. WALXcr. , , "v " MowBoa, N. C, Sept. 8, U6. I, Thomas Wineheeter, sialor, of Twelve-Mil Creek, N. C, near l'lesaant Grove Camp Ground, aged eighty-ronr- years, do hereby certify thst I came tq Twilve-Mile Creek whea t waa eighteen yean of age witk my father, Wa. Wineheeter, aenior ; that wry fitther rented land trom oa Jotcpb MeCommoa for tbe find year, end died ; tbat I and my mother rented tbe tame plaee for twe or three, years after, ward : tbat th plsoe wa mid to have beea award b v Elisabeth VrWhwter, apeak of the birth of AadrawMwdrew Jaokioa, eeufor, the father ef Andrew Jack tan, aftcrwardi IGentrat, ind Prerkltul ef the I'aued -4 W W -
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