Her stone reads, "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''."
Our mystery to solve is: Why is her stone located outside of my classroom in the Robert Scott Small Building?
Her grave tells us she is buried near but is she really? This was a question that President Andrew Jackson wanted an answer to because he could not find his mother's grave. In 1825, he received a letter from James H. Witherspoon reading, "Your mother is buried in the suburbs of Charleston about one mile from what was then called the Governor's Gate, which is in and about the forks of Meeting and Kingstreet Roads." Source: Post and Courier
The reason she is to be found in Charleston is that her two nephews were being held as prisoners of war and she went to go help them as well as many other Americans on the British ships in the Charleston harbor. However, when she was assisting the prisoners she became ill with cholera and ended up taking her life. Source: Women History Blog
In 1970, President of the College of Charleston, Ted Stern heard that her stone laid in disrepair near Magnolia Cemetery and asked that it be relocated to campus. Source: History of College of Charleston.
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| Elizabeth H. Jackson 1740-Nov. 2, 1781 |
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| My class and I feeling curious and ready to solve the mystery |
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