Volume 13 , Issue 21

Waxhaw Settlement of South Carolina

The Waxhaws Settlement took its name from an affluent of the Catawba River, and the creek itself was named after a band of Indians who had villages on its banks a century earlier. The Crawford brothers bought land on the creek within the bounds of the settlement. But Jackson went about six miles farther and "took up a claim" on anther stream known as twelve-mile Creek.

It is said that Andrew Jackson, Jr. (7th President, Senator, Attorney General, Representative, attorney and self-made man) owed less to birthright and more to self-help than any other great man, not only in our history but in any other. Jackson, through the loss of his father, mother and two older brothers, was propelled by necessity to make his own way in life.

Jackson's father was Andrew Jackson Sr., a poor and humble pioneer. His mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson, was a daughter of a man who wove Irish linen. Jackson had two uncles, Hugh and Samuel Jackson. His paternal grandmother was CRAWFORD. Jackson's paternal grandfather was Hugh Jackson, who was a dealer in Irish linen at Carrickfergus, Ireland -- part weaver and part draper.

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