Birthplace of Andrew Jackson Monument
[Carving Side]
"I was born in So Carolina, as I have been told, at the plantation whereon James Crawford lived about one mile from the Carolina Road X of the Waxhaw Creek" Andrew Jackson to J.H. Witherspoon, August 11, 1824.
Jackson said in his last will and testament that he was a native of South Carolina
This stone stands upon the plantation whereon James Crawford lived. Near the site of the dwelling house, according to the Mills map of 1820.
[Plaque Side]
Brave, truculent, noble, able, honest.
Marker is on Andrew Jackson State Park Road 0.4 miles east of Charlotte Highway (U.S. 521).
Courtesy hmdb.org
