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	Permanent Exhibit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The museum's permanent exhibit is focused on the rich history of the Waxhaws region.
		Beginning with its Native American roots, the exhibits trace the history of the region to the turn of the twentieth century.
		From the Waxhaw Indians to the Scots-Irish to Andrew Jackson, we are confident that visitors to the
	www.perigee.net /~mwaxhaw/exhibt.html (298 words)

	Waxhaws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Waxhaws is the name of both an extinct American Indian tribe and of a geographical area bordering North and South Carolina to the Southeast of the city of Charlotte, N.C. Contents
		The Waxhaws are in the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina, southwest of the little known (and little) Uwharrie Mountains, and southeast of Charlotte.
		The Waxhaw region is largely rural with a number of small towns, the remnants of a textile industry, and a fair number of new industries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waxhaws (479 words)

	Waxhaws -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The tribe became extinct due to a (A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars) smallpox epidemic in the early 1700s, which opened up the territory to European settlement.
		The Waxhaws are in the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina, southwest of the little known (and little) (Click link for more info and facts about Uwharrie Mountains) Uwharrie Mountains, and southeast of Charlotte.
		This was the (Click link for more info and facts about Waxhaw Massacre) Waxhaw Massacre, in which a force of about 350 Virginian Continentals under Col. Buford tried to surrender to the British Col. (Click link for more info and facts about Banastre Tarleton) Banastre Tarleton and a force of 700 dragoons.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/waxhaws.htm (535 words)

	The Battle of Waxhaws
		After delaying the messenger, while his infantry reached a favorable position, Buford declined by replying: "Sir, I reject your proposals, and shall defend myself to the last extremity."
		At 3:00 P.M., Tarleton caught up with Buford near the Waxhaws District on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina.
		Waxhaws is 185 miles north of Charleston and 6 miles south of the North Carolina border.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/800529.htm (786 words)

	Banecdotes: Tarleton's Quarter
		These numbers ring with the echoes of bloody encounters, but they are not unreasonable for a conflict between the battle-hardened veterans of a combined cavalry/infantry force such as the Legion and troops which were, in the first case, grossly unprepared to meet an attack and, in the second, incompetently led.
		At Waxhaws, Colonel Buford lost what should have been the last effective fighting force the rebels had after the surrender of Charleston.
		Eyewitness accounts of Waxhaws and subsequent battles are lurid with descriptions of men "mutilated" by multiple saber wounds.
	home.golden.net /~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html (1040 words)

	Waxhaw.com
		Waxhaw is a town with a distinctively old time flavor.
		Living in Waxhaw is a relaxing change from the hustle and bustle of big city life.
		Waxhaw reflects its heritage as artisans have been attracted to the area and impacted the community with respect for the town’s history.
	www.waxhaw.com /nav.cfm?cat=19&subcat=103 (655 words)

	Waxhaw Indians
		Originally known as "the Waxhaw Settlement," the region encompasses an area just south of Charlotte, NC to Lancaster, SC and from the Catawba River in the west to Monroe, NC in the east.
		The majority of Waxhaws who survived are believed to have been absorbed into the neighboring Catawba tribe.
		The Museum of the Waxhaws does not take any official stand on the issue, preferring to emphasize that the only thing we know for certain is that Jackson was born in the Waxhaws region, which encompasses parts of North and South Carolina.
	www.runningdeerslonghouse.com /webdoc215.htm (1156 words)

	Banecdotes: The Waxhaws "Massacre"
		Colonel Abraham Buford had been leading a force of roughly 400 Virginia Continentals towards the city but after the skirmish at Lenud's Ferry, he headed back towards North Carolina, where the rebel forces were hoping to regroup.
		The majority of the high casualty figures at Waxhaws can be traced to Buford's poorly chosen tactics, which rendered his defense essentially useless.
		These ideas were put forward by Captain Thomas Rider in his paper, "Tarleton and the Waxhaws," presented at the Banastre Tarleton Symposium in Camden, S.C., April 2002.
	home.golden.net /~marg/bansite/banecdotes/97waxhaws.html (3372 words)

	Lancaster County SC Genealogy
		Jackson, born in the Waxhaws of the Carolina backcountry of immigrant parents from North Ireland, was the first president to be closely associated with the frontier.
		The Waxhaws (an area with its heart in upper Lancaster county and its extremities in Chester county and Union county, North Carolina) was settled almost entirely by Scotch-Irish folk who came down from western Virginia and Pennsylvania.
		James Blair, nicknamed "The Waxhaw Giant" for his physical size of six feet six or seven and 350 lbs, was as colorful a character as ever set foot on Waxhaws soil.
	www.rootsweb.com /~sclancas/history/history_cradle.htm (576 words)

	SparkNotes: Andrew Jackson: Revolution
		The approximately 150 wounded were put up in the Waxhaw church, where residents, including the Jackson family, tended to the wounds and administered first aid.
		After the Waxhaw massacre, Jackson's older brother Hugh joined the patriot regiment commanded by Colonel William R. Davie.
		After a small engagement near Waxhaw, Jackson and his remaining brother, Robert, hid in the house of their relative, Thomas Crawford.
	www.sparknotes.com /biography/jackson/section2.rhtml (1032 words)

	Cowpens NB Article on Banastre Tarleton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It was in the Waxhaws that Tarleton came to symbolize British cruelty in the Revolutionary War.
		But, at the Waxhaws, his reputation for brutality stuck, as Patriot officers encouraged fear and anxiety of "butcher" Tarleton for propaganda purposes.
		Waxhaws - On May 29, 1780, Tarleton's Legion overtook and defeated Colonel Abraham Buford and his Third Virginia Continentals as they retreated through the Waxhaws area toward North Carolina after the fall of Charleston.
	www.nps.gov /cowp/tarleton.htm (1566 words)

	Lesslies of America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Of course these men were writing mainly about Andrew Jackson, but in writing their story, it was necessary for them to write something of the Lessleys for they were connected with the Jacksons through the Hutchinsons.
		They were brave, adventurous, deeply spiritual, taught their children the catechism and the Bible and led them to the house of the Lord.
		They builded well, and the democracy we love was made by such communities as the "Garden of the Waxhaws" and this generation should maintain what they began so well.
	home.flash.net /~barker/lessley3.htm (1109 words)

	Union County History
		Gradually the area of Waxhaw began to be settled.
		A battle occurred in the southwestern part of the area which is known as the Battle of the Waxhaws or Walkup’s Mill.
		The Monroe Journal, occupying a journalistic place in the county similar to that of The Monroe Enquirer, was founded in 1894 by two brothers, G.M. Beasley and R.F. Beasley.
	www.union.lib.nc.us /history.htm (1133 words)

	Robert MILLER
		Andrew Pickens, who was one of the trustees of the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, died in late 1757.
		Robert and Jean remained at Waxhaws until 1765, when Jean's brother Andrew married Rebecca Calhoun, who was the daughter of Patrick Calhoun of the Long Canes Settlement.
		William Richardson, who had replaced Miller at Waxhaws (and who later committed suicide there), protested in writing against this reinstatement request, and it was rejected "without any debate," according to Howe.
	homepage.mac.com /bfthompson/Miller_family/ps02_412.html (1151 words)

	Genealogy Park - Crawford Family
		) was born 1728-1734 in Lancaster, PA (or Ireland?), and died 1777-1779 in Waxhaws Settlement, SC.
		1777 in Waxhaw Settlement, SC, daughter of WILLIAM WHITE and SARAH.
		) was born in Waxhaws Settlement, SC, and died 1848 in Randolph Co., IL.
	tissiers.com /Families/crawford1.html (333 words)

	White House Studies: A tale of two cabins: searching for Andrew Jack... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Originally the area known as the Waxhaws was held by North Carolina.
		The Waxhaws was originally in Bladen County, North Carolina, then passed into Anson, Mecklenburg, and finally Tryon County.
		Elizabeth and her sons helped care for the wounded after the Battle of the Waxhaws, in which American prisoners were massacred by Colonel Banastre Tareltons's British Legion.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:118234261&refid=ip_almanac_hf (4034 words)

	SparkNotes: Andrew Jackson: Simple Beginnings
		The family–consisting of his wife, Elizabeth Hutchinson, and two sons, Hugh and Robert–landed in Pennsylvania and moved southward, ending up in the Waxhaws, a small settlement on the Carolina border where they settled on two hundred acres to begin their life in America.
		At this point, the Waxhaws consisted of little more than a Presbyterian church, a general store, and a few scattered houses.
		However, when the funeral procession arrived at the burial site, they discovered the casket had fallen off somewhere en route, and they were therefore forced to retrace their steps to find the body.
	www.sparknotes.com /biography/jackson/section1.html (689 words)

	Atrocities in the South (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Washington's men were angered at the attacks on the settlements in the area, and when they attacked 250 Loyalist militia, they did a Waxhaws.
		The Waxhaws would have ended like Lenud's Ferry, except for the surrender incident.
		So for some British to continuing to fight, after a smaller group gave up, is not the same as the Waxhaws.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Bunker/8757/okelley.html (2789 words)

	Liverpool - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He firmly gained this reputation at the Waxhaws where his men crushed and inflicted very heavy casualties on an American force.
		His actions at the Waxhaws earned him the name "Bloody Ban" and made him one of the most hated men in the southern colonies.
		The city's daily newspaper is the Liverpool Echo.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Liverpool (1862 words)

	Silver Whistle-Stop Tours: Doc M's Southern-Fried Campaigns
		I spent late Aug-early September 1999 in Georgia and the Carolinas, visiting King's Mountain, Cowpens, 96, Waxhaws, and Brattonsville, in the company of a great bunch of friends, including Holley, Peggy, Max and John - our very own International Brigade of RevWar enthusiasts - 'The (In)famous Five'.
		Waxhaws battlesite is pretty, but beware of low-strung barbed wire - one of my stockings and the ankle within became minor Loyal American casualties.
		Waxhaws also has an inaccurate monument in terms of numbers (Ban was in fact outnumbered!) and omissions of information - like the fact that Buford was offered extremely good terms of surrender, which he rejected, and insisted on fighting "to the last extremity".
	www.silverwhistle.co.uk /ustour (1956 words)

	Museum of Waxhaws - Andrew Jackson Memorial in Waxhaw, NC : details
		Subjects include the first European explorers, early settlers, particularly the Scots-Irish, and the boyhood of Andrew Jackson, which was spent in the Waxhaws region.
		A large room is used to house our temporary exhibits which focus on a particular aspect of the region's unique and interesting history.
		PAGE OVERVIEW: -- Provides general information about Museum of Waxhaws - Andrew Jackson Memorial, which may include web site and contact information, as well as description and collections info for those planning to visit Museum of Waxhaws - Andrew Jackson Memorial..
	www.museumstuff.com /rec/org_20020201_15243.html (319 words)

	Andrew Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A number of cities are named after him, notably Jacksonville, Florida and Jackson, Mississippi.
		Jackson was born in a backwoods settlement to Scots-Irish immigrants in the Waxhaw area in the Carolinas, on March 15, 1767.
		Both North Carolina and South Carolina have claimed him as a "native son." Jackson himself always stated that he was born in South Carolina.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrew_Jackson (3522 words)

	Samuel B. Lessley Web Site
		Samuel Lessley Of The Carolina Waxhaws And Descendants
		The following information is a very short summary of the recorded history of our first Lessley generation, taken from the book "Lessley Family Records", covering the principal points, mainly, Samuel and Sarah Hutchinson Lessley and the names of their children that can be documented.
		Samuel purchased land located on the north side of Waxhaw Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
	home.swbell.net /av8tr/lessley/Familyrecords.htm (279 words)

	Francis Marion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		On May 29, 1780, Tarleton defeated Col Abraham Buford at the Waxhaws, and bayoneted the wounded, thus creating the American battle cry "Tarleton's quarter" and becoming known to Americans as "Bloddy Tarleton" the most hated mn in the Brit army (Wemyss would become the 2nd most hated).
		Sumter was defeated March 6 at Lynche's Creek by the Loyal SC Regiment of Major Thomas Frasier.
		Sumter took his sick wife on a mattres behin his horse and retreated to the Waxhaws.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/filmnotes/marion.html (2706 words)

	SECOND GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Waxhaws, Timothy's home at the time of the Revolution, was the scene of a battle on May 29, 1780.
		It is not known if any of our direct Anderson ancestors served in the military during the war, but it is likely they supported the Revolution.
		On Apr 13, 1794 Timothy bought from Arthur Medow of Lancaster County 640 acres in the "County of Tennessee in the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio".
	www.parvinfamily.com /genealogy/d70.htm (605 words)

	Gen James Blair of the Waxhaws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		James Blair, a native of the Waxhaws of Lancaster District, was one of the most intriguing figures in South Carolina during the early 1800s.
		One story that has come down to us tells of the North Carolina champion wrestler coming to the Waxhaws in search of Blair.
		The "Waxhaw Giant" was found in the fields plowing.
	www.rootsweb.com /~sclancas/records/bio_jblair.htm (598 words)

	king's_mountain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Banaster Tarlton with 290 of his famed dragoon legion had unmerciously butchered 400 of Bufords' troops at the Battle of Waxhaws Creek in 1780.
		Americans troops were all too eager to repay the British for the massacre, which occurred at Waxhaws.
		On October the 7th, Maj. Patrick Ferguson brings his Loyalist troops to high ground that is heavily wooded, and he mistakenly believes that this area is invulnerable to attack.
	www.afn.org /~sar_gvil/king's_mountain.htm (566 words)

	Museum of the Waxhaws and Andrew Jackson Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.
		Dedicated to the history of the Waxhaws region and the memory of our nation's 7th President, a native of the Waxhaws, this museum has numerous artifacts as well as a film that details the area's history.
		The collection contains historic artifacts documenting the development of the region from the time of the Waxhaw Indians, for whom the region is named, until 1900.
	jabberwocky.learn.unc.edu /discover/Union/waxhaws (615 words)

	Loyalist Institute: Waxhaws Battlefield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The following photographs of the Waxhaws battlefield near Buford, South Carolina, were donated for our use by James R. (Ron) Stevenson of Monroe, North Carolina.
		It is badly defaced and can hardly be read now, so a new one was erected in 1955 to save the inscription for future generations.
		After the battle the survivors and wounded were taken by wagon to the old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church.
	www.royalprovincial.com /history/battles/waxhawsa.shtml (257 words)

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