OK now I have a little more background, and can understand why North Carolinians and South Carolinians have disputed the issue for generations. In short, both take credit.
There were witnesses to his birth at the McAmie farm in the late 1700's, and people who say she brought the baby Andrew over to the Crawford farm so that he could pretty much be brought up there for the next twelve or more years. The Crawford farm is in South Carolina, a little more prosperous, and her sister needed her help there as she was invalid. The McAmie farm is today in North Carolina.
But at the time, the line had not been drawn. And, the farms are only three or so miles apart, with the McAmie house actually being on part of the Crawford plantation's original land. At the time, people were not so concerned about the line between the states; that came later. All this explains a little about Jackson himself and his own idea that he'd been born and raised in South Carolina.
Really it's Jackson's recollection versus that midwife, who was pretty sure he was born at the McAmie house. The statement I like is "he was born on a farm in what is today North Carolina."
Case closed? It's interesting.
There were witnesses to his birth at the McAmie farm in the late 1700's, and people who say she brought the baby Andrew over to the Crawford farm so that he could pretty much be brought up there for the next twelve or more years. The Crawford farm is in South Carolina, a little more prosperous, and her sister needed her help there as she was invalid. The McAmie farm is today in North Carolina.
But at the time, the line had not been drawn. And, the farms are only three or so miles apart, with the McAmie house actually being on part of the Crawford plantation's original land. At the time, people were not so concerned about the line between the states; that came later. All this explains a little about Jackson himself and his own idea that he'd been born and raised in South Carolina.
Really it's Jackson's recollection versus that midwife, who was pretty sure he was born at the McAmie house. The statement I like is "he was born on a farm in what is today North Carolina."
Case closed? It's interesting.
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