I-?- O j&i109raphy - Jackson, Andrew - TbrfrBif s / - ....•-.'-•- ,:. ..,,.' - - 1? -••...-. Carolina to which place he encan Revolution, the grated with his parents at the age Carolina State Commission of Two Valuable Gifts Made To of three. Butty, who studied at Forestry and the Lancaster Coun home and abroad, preferred life ty Historical Commission are co in America. He is rated as one of operating in this celebration of the best of early American paint the 192 anniversary of Jackson©s ers. Among his better known birth, 1767, in Lancaster county. Jackson State Park works is the coronation portrait (Sources used included the fol in Andrew of Queen Victoria *hich was lowing material: photostat copies, palmed for the Saint George©s property of Lancaster County His 09 By VIOLA C. FLOYD Society of Philadelphia. Among torical Commission, made from proposed to produce in ft* finish - other portraits of hU are the pages 90-91. January issue, 1854. Two new items have been added to the growing collec ed work. When he had soaipleted Lafayette which hangs in Inde Graham©s Magazine, Volume rt tion in the Andrew Jackson Historical Park Museum of the clay model the committee, pendence Hall and the Thomas XLIV, number 1 on file Caro- One, a miniature bronze statue, is a replica through permission of Congress. Jefferson in the United State* liniana library, University of 8. Lancaster County. placed at his disposal a bronze Military Academy, West Point, C., Columbia. S. C.; The (Char of the original clay model of the famous Jackson equestrian cannon that Jackson had captur -O New York. His works are to be leston) Courier, May 8, 1850; C statue. It was presented to the state park officials by Dr. and ed in the War of 1812. found In all the larger museum*. Scribner©s Dictionary of American o Mrs. David©E, Finlay of Washington. Beady to cast the bronze Mills In the spring of 1845 Sully jjicgiaphy: "Artists in the Lite of learned the heartbreaking news painted this Jackson portrait Charleston" by Anna Wells Rut- Dr. Flnley, a native of York, next took up marblefif cubing. A that no round a ry In America was from a study he had made In 1824 ledge published by American Phil was former director of the Na bust of Calhoun cut from Carolina equipped to undertake such a It may have been commissioned osophical Society, 1949; Guide tional Gallery of Art. The second marble so pleased the city of- j task. Undaunted he built his own by Admiral Lee whose wife was Book Louisiana State Museum; gift is an oil portrait, a copy f ficials of Charleston that he pre-j foundry, using methods of con the daughter of Francis Preston Who©s Who in America). Thomas Sully©s painting of An sented it to them and they award- ! struction that had never been Blair former member of Jackson©s drew Jackson made in 1845 from ed him a gold medal. The "Cal- tried before. He then had to "Kitchen Cabinet." In 1837 Presi For pictures, see a sitting taken in 1824. The copy noun" bust is now in the Cor-{ train his own workmen. Through dent Jackson had presented the other side of board! was painted by C. G. Strapko an coran Art Gallery, according to -© heat and cold he had to do much study to Blair as he was prepar artist now located in Washington. i©s Dictionary of American r of the actual work himself. By ing to take hi* departure from The portrait is being given tn Biography which also says he October, 1852, after four years of the White House. The study now memory of the late Dr. William sold the bust to the city. hard labor, he had completed the belongs to Mrs. Breckinbridge Harrilsor, Sapp by relatives in casting of all the bronze parts for Long of Laurel, Maryland. Mrs. the name of the Sapp family. Friends began to urge Mills to his creation. It took him three Long is a descendant of Blair The minature statue is one of go abroad for study. He moved to; months to put the pieces together through another daughter. The several that were made of bronze Columbia S. C. to work there., and to set it up on the $5.000 Lee portrait of 1845 became a part from the original small clay William C. Preston gave him an marble base the government pro of the Mellon collection in 1943 model for the ©questnan sta Me expense paid trip to Washington. vided. The completed "Jackson" and In the National Gallery of of Jacks on which was unveiled in On his way he stopped in Rich was dedicated in Washington in Art is now designated as Sully Lafayette Square in Washington mond, Va. wbere he saw Houdon©s January, 1853 on the thirty-eighth portrait, number 587. in 1853. A duplicat. was dedicated statue of "Washington" it was anniversary of Jackson©s victory Dr. William HarrUon Sapp, In in New Orleans in 1856 and a the first statue Mills had ever at New Orleans. whose memory the portrait oopy third made from the same mold seen. Mills had promised to make the Is being presented to the Jackjon in Nashville in 1880. Ail three of Inventive though he was. Mills Historical Park museum, was born these one-third larger than life- was astounded w1 en approached statue for $12,000. It cost him in the northeastern section of size statues were cast from bronze with the request from the com $19,000 not counting the marble Lancaster county, South Carolina cannon that General Jackson mittee ".hat he make a bronze base the government furnished. on March 20, 1866. He was the captured from th; British in the statue of Andrew Jackson. At To express its approval Congress son of Randall H. and Emily War of 1812. first he refused. Then the thrill voted to give him an additional Plyler Sapp. A number of other ing idea of a statue of the General $20,000. Tbe city of New Orleans Sapp who The mi nature replica being ordered a replica which was dedi descendants of Randal] presented to the South Carolina mounted on a spirited horse took migrated to Lancaster county in possession of the artist. He con cated in 1856. The New Orleans Jackson Historical Park in Lan statue stands an -a foundation, I860 have also become civic and caster county, according to Dr sented to do the work despite the political leaders In county and fact he had never seen an eques according to New Orleans records, Finley. was probably the property whose cornerstone Jackson him state affairs. Dr. Sapp married of the late W. W. Corcoran. great trian statue. Eventually he cast, Clara Rhett Plyler who passed under trying circumstances, one self laid In 183B when he took grandfather of Mrs. Pi nicy. part in the twenty-fifth celebra away several years before her hus of the most perfectly balanced band who died May 23, 1946. They The difficulties and handicaps on horse that tion of his vlcUfry there. Th* under which Clark Mills labored statues of a man were survived by six son* and two had been produced in the world third statue made from the re daughters. : In producing the marvelously bal to that time. The pitching horse maining bronze was sold by Mill* anced statue of Jackson on a So William Harrison Sapp attend and its rider are so skilfully to the Tennessee Historical ed Wofford Pitting School at rearing horse of lifelike bearing wrought that the center of grav ciety. It was unveiled on the capt- in May, Spartanburg and South Carolina are such that would stop the ity passing from the man through tol grounds at Nashville Medical School, Charleston. He average person. the horse to Its hind feet holds 2880. practiced medicine In his native Clark Mills (not to be confused the statue erect with no artificial Mills fame was assured. Con county and in the lower part of with Robert Mills, the architect) prop. Such a thing was unheard gress awarded him a fifty thou Onion county, North Carolina fw was born In New York state in of, even In Europe, it that day. sand dollar contract for an his home was near the state line, 1810. *">rphaned at flv<; he lived Mills submitted the small clay equestrian statue of Washington. He was a man of wide business in the home of an uncle until be model to the committee which In 1860 he was commtsiioned to Interests and Urge land holdings | was thirteen at which time he approved it and gave him a com cast In bronze Crawford©s colossal in both Lancaster and Union i left because of real or fancied mission for the statue in bronze "Liberty" for the Capitol dome. counties. He had such a pleasant i mistreatment. Travelln^. from to be one-third larger than life- The "Washington" was dedicated and cheerful disposition that bis , place to place, with little formal size proportions. The committee In 1860 but critics say It Is not patients often asserte that his education he worked as a farm promised to furnish the bronze the equal of the "Jackson," his very presence made them feel bet hand, a millwright apprentice, a Mills contracted to make the masterpiece. ter. canal worker, a cabinet-maker, a statue for $12,000. The oil portrait of Jackson be The statue and the portrait are. cement worker and a plasterer The next task was L make the ing presented to the park museum both valuable additions to the He spent one year in New Orleans large plaster model necessary for by descendants of the late Dr par* museum. Both will be on and from there came to Charles the bronze casting. He moved to William Harrison Sapp la a copy display there on March 15 when ton, 8. C. Washington where he studied of a TbomM Sully portrait which the annual Jackson Birthday In Charleston he developed a famous horses. H» dissected horses hangs In the National Gallery of celebration will be held beginning new method of taking a mold tiiau he might study their art. at 3:00 In the afternoon. There from the living face. He soon be anatomy. He purchased the fam Thomas Sully was born in Eng after both will become a part of came wellknown for the lifelike ous Virginia horse, Olympus, and land in 1783. Uke Clark Mills he the permanent collection. The busts he was able to create. He trained it to take the stance he adopted ion of South South Carolina Daughters of the Ceremony Will Mark I©Old Hickory©s© BirtW Dignitaries To Attend Event Sunday Afternoon

A ceremony commemorating the 192nd anniversary the birth of Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the Unit) States, will be held at Andrew Jackson State I^ark, the site| of his birth, Sunday afternoon, March 15, at 3 o©clock. The celebration Is being spon- and local officials is expected tol | sored by the South Carolint attend, supplemented by members] | Daughters of the American Revo of the Daughters of the American Added To Collection At Jackson Park Museum lution, the South Carolina Com Revolution from this and adjoin-1 mission of Forestry and the Lan- ing areas. A miniature bronze equestrian statue of Andrew Jaduon mad of Washington. The oil portrait, copied from the Thomas Solly i caster County Historical Commls-J The observance of "Old Hlck- an oil painting of "Old Hickory," a copy of Thomas Sully©* paint paintiag in the National Gallery of Art In Washington, was made ing of Jacluon, made in 1845 from * sitting- taken in 1824, have by C. O. Strapko, a prominent artist of Waahington. It is being sion. lory©s" birth, Lancaster County©s recently been added to the growing collection of mementos at presented to the museum In memory of the late Dr. William Har- Dr. J. Mauldin Lesesne, presi- most Illustrious son, Is observed Andrew Jackson State Park. The statue is a replica of the orig rison Sapp, by relatives In the name of the Sapp family. Those dent of Erskine College, Due West here each year. Since the estab- inal clay model of the famous Jackson equestrian statue. It was attending the ceremony at the park Sunday afternoon will have | will deliver the address and C lishraent of Andrew Jackson State presented to state park officiate by Dr. and Mrs. David E. Flnlay an opportunity to see these latest additions to the museum col West Jacocks, state park director Park, several years ago, at the lection. of Columbia, will preside at the site of his birthplace, the event ceremony. Dr. Lesesne will be in- has taken on added significance, THE LANCASTER NEWS. LANCASTER, S. C. troduced by Mrs. Matthew Whitcl Thousands of persona each year Monday, March 9, 1959 Patrick, vice-president, general] visit the park and museum and National Society, Daughters on see numerous relics of the Jack- the American Revolution. son era, now on display in the The complete program follows museum. In addition to the two fern of the pro-Revolutionary per Presiding: C. West Jacocks latest additions to these memen- iod. State Park Director., Columbia. *» * Jhlc* announcement ta White House Presiding at the ceremony will ,,%* made today, the museum recently be C. West Jacocks, State Park Invocation: Mr». William N, acqulrcd a lock of "Oid Hickory©s" Director. Charles H. Flory, State Oressette. Chaplain, South Caro-k^ per§ona wno attend the cere. Flag Going to Forester, will outline the plans and Una Daughters of the Americari mony 8imdav afternoon will have purpose of the Andrew Jackson I Revolution. St. Matthews. an opportunity Of viewing these Jackson Park Historical State Park. Flag Raising: Battery C. 376,1relics. Miss Nancy Crockett, a historian A W Bn., U. S. Army ReserveJ jn addition to the museum, An American flag which once end teacher, will talk on Andrew was flown above the White House Jackson©s boyhood among the Wax- Lancaster. I picnic sheds and picnic area are in Washington, D.C. will be pre haw Indians which were the set Pledge of Allegiance to Unavailable for those who wish to sented to the Andrew Jackson tlers of the area at the time of Flag: Boy Scouts and Girl ScoutsWve outings at the park. Histjrical State Park on the occa Jackson©s birth. Music: National Anthem re- sion of the 390 anniversary of the cording by U. S. Navy Band. seventh President©s birthday, Jot H. Croxton, chairman of the Greetings: Mrs. R. 6 Lipscomb. The Lancaster News I March 15. L-inraster Historical Commission, tviil rpeak on the White House flag State Regent, South Carol A special program beginning at which is to he presented. This flag Daughters of the American Revo LANCASTER, S. cj II o©clock Friday, March 15 will was obtained and donated by the lution, MuIIins. [honor the occasion. Jarm-K P. Richards, of Lancaster. Wftlcome: Mtt. Charles Moasl Andrew Jackson was born in uhile he was serving as Congress Duke, State Historian, Souttol MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1959 South Carolina in th*--year 1767. Carolina. Daughters of the man from the Fifth District. FLAG TO HONOR ANDREW JACKSON©S BIRTHDAY: A He was a native of Lancaster A rolor guard of the Lancaster i lean Revolution, Lancaster. County in the Waxsaw settlemf-nt National Guard unit will fly the flag flown over the White House will rise at the Andrew Introduetton of Speaker: Mrs whlrrn is located about 10 mites flag and the "To the Colors" bugle Jackson Historical State Park in Lancaster County on Friday, Matthew White Patrick, Vict [north of the city of Lancaster. call will be played. I president £a&fral. National So , Th.? South Carolina State Conv The flag will be preserved in March 15, the 190th anniversary of the birth date of Andrew ciety, Daughters of the American I mission of Forestry operates the the park museum and be flpwn Jackson. James P. Richards of Lancaster, right, former Con Revolution, White Oak. historical state park now and plans only nn special occasions. gressman from the Fifth District, presents the flag to State Address: Dr. J. Mauldin Lea- for its development include besides The Andrew Jackson Historical [esne. President, Erskine College, the present museum building a State Park is located 10 miles Park Director C. West Jacocks, left, as Joe Croxton, chair man of the Lancaster County Historical Commission looks on. Due West. village street complete with a tav north of Lancaster on U.S. High Music: "God of Our Father*.1 ern, blacksmith shop, village pump way 521. I Recording Fred Waring Group. land other buildings all in the pat- MONttAY, MARCH 11, 1957 The Stote: Benediction: Dr. A. B. Love, I Pastor. ARP Church, Lancaster.