Waxhaws, The

… an area generally recognized as including much of Anson, Mecklenburg, and Union Counties in North Carolina and Chester, Lancaster, and York Counties in South Carolina. Catawba River forms the W limits. Waxhaw Creek flows through the area, forming what has been called "a rich oasis in a region of pine barrens." President Andrew Jackson was born in the area in 1767. The name came from the Waxhaw Indians of the region, whose chief village, Wisacky, was visited in 1670 by John Lederer.