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Title
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Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, Memorial
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Biographical Text
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Stone memorial marker remembering Jackson. Floral motifs are carved in the upper-left-hand and upper-right-hand corners of the stone.
Jackson was buried in an unmarked grave in 1781 after contracting cholera. Three separate monuments exist to honor her in the Charleston area. This memorial is located in the Old Waxhaw Cemetery. Another is on the campus of the College of Charleston and the third is in Charleston’s Washington Park.
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Text
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NEAR THIS SPOT IS BURIED
ELIZABETH JACKSON,
MOTHER OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON,
SHE GAVE HER LIFE CHEERFULLY FOR
THE INDEPENDENCE OF HER COUNTRY,
ON AN UNRECORDED DATE IN NOV. 1781,
AND TO HER SON ANDY THIS ADVICE:
“ANDY, NEVER TELL A LIE,
NOR TAKE WHAT IS NOT YOUR OWN,
NOR SUE FOR SLANDER,
SETTLE THOSE CASES YOURSELF.”
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Type
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English
Grave
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Project Researcher
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Bysterbusch, Hailey
