On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:52 -0500, "John Sessoms" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Walter Gilbert > > > This sort of reminds me of the ongoing dispute here in the US > > between Kentucky and Illinois. Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, > > but spent most of his life and political career in Illinois. Illinois > > claims to be the Land of Lincoln ... but, we still have his old log > > cabin birthplace here in Kentucky. > > > > Oddly enough, Kentucky was also the birthplace of the president of the > > Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, during the Civil War, and never officially > > seceded from, nor joined, the Union. Thus concludes today's "Moment of > > Pedantry" -- with your host, Walt Gilbert. > > Andrew Jackson is claimed by North Carolina, South Carolina and > Tennessee. Jackson was born in the Waxhaws area disputed between North > Carolina & South Carolina. His exact birth place is unknown, and both > states claim it is within their state as the boundary was eventually > settled. > > In 1787, Jackson was admitted to the bar in Jonesborough in the "Western > District of North Carolina". > > The Western District became the Southwest Territory in 1790, and in 1796 > became the state of Tennessee. > > Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution states that "no new States > shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State > ... without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned". > > The North Carolina legislature DID give its consent for the creation of > Tennessee from the former Western District of North Carolina and > Tennessee is the only state thus admitted. > > (West Virginia was admitted without the consent of the Virginia > legislature due to some finessing of Constitutional requirements because > of Virginia being in a state of secession at the time). >
This why I love this list. Where else would a post about an Australian(!!!) dessert morph into a discussion of the American Civil War? Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
