The Death of a Legend
1949; Indiana University Press; Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1942-9711
Autores Tópico(s)American Environmental and Regional History
ResumoA romantic story has long been associated with a granite boulder located for many years in a yard on Sixth Street in Vincennes, Indiana. According to the usually accepted version of the story, it was brought to town from a woods near the present St. Vincent School, formerly called the Highlands Orphanage. In its woodland setting it had reputedly served as a trysting-place for Jefferson Davis and Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of Zachary, during their courtship. At the same time Jeremiah Donovan, a prominent citizen of the county, was courting Christopher Wyant's daughter Susan. two couples, according to the story, often met at the boulder and exchanged greetings and in sentimental memory of these meetings Donovan later brought the stone to Vin cennes and placed it in his yard. It is undisputed historical truth that Zachary Taylor was stationed at Fort Knox, Vincennes, and that his daughter Sarah Knox was born during the brief time that he had his family with him at that post.1 earliest printed references to his period of residence in Vincennes, however, make no mention of a Jefferson Davis-Sarah Knox Taylor courtship. A historical atlas of Indiana, published in 1876, gave the following information: The mansion of Governor Harrison still remains, also that of Judge Parke, now owned by Mr. Wise. This house was once occupied by Captain Zachary Taylor; and his daughter, who afterwards became the wife of Jefferson Davis, was born in it.2 An atlas of Knox County, published in 1880, did not mention Taylor in any way,3 but a county history, published in 1886, included in a description of Vincennes as it appeared in 1805 this account of Taylor's residence:
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