Philis c1760 Waxhaws, Lancaster County, South Carolina

Charleston Daily Courier 24 Aug. 1858

Philis was born about 1760. In 1858, she was described in the Charleston Daily Courier as a 'playmate' of General Andrew Jackson when she was a little girl. She was acknowledged as the person who could identify the exact place of Jackson's birth. 
In 1858, Philis was enslaved by Martin P Crawford, the grandson of Irish migrant to Lancaster County, Major Robert Crawford (c1728-1801). The 1850 Slave Schedule tells us that Martin P Crawford enslaved 43 men, women and children. Among them is a 90 year old woman who may well be the woman named Philis in 1858. 

Sources
(all accessed 7 Oct 2023)
1850 US Federal Census Lancaster, SC
www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QN-B9Y
​1850 US Slave Schedule Lancaster, SC
​www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWC-LC6Z
​Charleston Daily Courier 24 Aug. 1858