Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson Marker

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Near Van Wyck in Lancaster County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson

By Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009

1. Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson Marker

West side

Inscription. [West Side]
Erected to the memory of Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson. Mother of Andrew Jackson seventh President of the United States.

[South Side]
It was her zeal for accomplishment that made handicaps seem to resolve themselves in her favor which enabled them to endure the hardships of the great waggon road to the gardens of the Waxhaws

[East Side]
Elizabeth Hutchinson, wife of Andrew Jackson, Sr. of Larne County, Antrim, Ireland settled in Waxhaws 1765. While nursing Waxhaw patriots on a British prison ship in Charleston, S.C. Elizabeth was stricken with small pox died November 1781, buried near Charleston S.C.

[North Side]
Last words to her son "make friends by being honest, keep them by being steadfast. Never tell a lie - nor take what is not your own - nor sue for slander".

Erected 1949 by Catawba Chapter-Daughters of the American Revolution.

Marker series. This marker is included in the Markers Attached to Sculpture marker series.

Location. 34° 47.352′ N, 80° 49.944′ W. Marker is near Van Wyck, South Carolina, in Lancaster County. Marker is on Old Hickory Road 0.2 miles south of Waxhaw Village Road, on the left

By Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009

2. Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson Marker

South side

when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Van Wyck SC 29744, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Waxhaw Presbyterian Church (approx. 2.4 miles away); Footbridge (approx. 2.7 miles away); Culvert (approx. 2.7 miles away); The Canal Bed (approx. 2.7 miles away); The Guardlock (approx. 2.7 miles away); The Dam (approx. 2.7 miles away); Mill Complex (approx. 2.7 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Van Wyck.