← All South Carolina markers

Birthplace of Andrew Jackson

Birthplace of Andrew Jackson is a South Carolina historical marker in Van Wyck vicinity, Lancaster County, dedicated 1967.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1967 · U.S. Hwy. 521, S of Andrew Jackson State Park, Van Wyck vicinity, Van Wyck vicinity

Get directions ↗Start a road trip Historical trails

Seventh President of the United States. Near this site on South Carolina soil, Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, at the plantation whereon James Crawford lived and where Jackson himself said he was born.

TodayHistorical map

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Example

under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

From one family's 77-marker roster

Upload your family tree and TreeAlive finds the markers near where your own ancestors lived.

See your family's markers

Start with a tree file, a FamilySearch sign in, or a WikiTree ID.

Report a problem with this page

The marker isn't at this spotOur pin may be off. If you know where it stands, tell us.I couldn't find the markerWe record what the source recorded. We have not been to look.The sign reads differentlyThat would be an error, and we can pass it to the program.The historical map looks wrongThe period map behind the pin, not the marker itself.Something else

We may pass what you report to the state's marker program. Please don't include personal details.

Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Waxhaws Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

Birthplace of Andrew Jackson

More markers nearby