Monument

Elizabeth “Betty” Hutchinson Jackson Veteran

Birth: 2 Nov 1737
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Death: 2 Nov 1781 (aged 44)
Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
Monument: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 34.7893049, Longitude: -80.8323141
Memorial ID: 10225235 View Source

Mother of
the 7th President Andrew Jackson (1767)

Revolutionary War S.C. Patriot,
Robert Jackson (1764) P.O.W. held by British,
Died of Smallpox, 17 years old.

Revolutionary War S.C. Patriot,
Hugh Jackson (1763) Battle of Stono Ferry,
S.C., Died in Battle, 16 years old.

Bio by: Find a Grave

Inscription

[Memorial Stone] [North Side:] ERECTED TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON/ JACKSON, MOTHER OF/ ANDREW JACKSON/ SEVENTH PRESIDENT/ OF THE / UNITED STATES/ [West 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 GARDEN OF/ THE WAXHAWS.' [South 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./ ERECTED BY CATAWBA/ CHAPTER D.A.R. 1949/ [East 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.'