Crawford Family.

George Walker Crawford was the only Whig governor of Georgia, 1843-1847. He began his term November 8, 1843 . Crawford was a Representative from Georgia ; born in Columbia Country, Ga., December 22, 1798 ; was graduated from Princeton College in 1820; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Augusta, Ga.; attorney general of the State 1827-1831; member of the State house of representatives 1837-1842; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard W. Habersham and served from January 7, 1843, to March 3, 1843 ; Governor of Georgia 1843-1847; appointed Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Taylor and served from March 8, 1849, to July 23, 1850 ; presided over the State secession convention in 1861; died on his estate, Bel Air, near Augusta, Ga., July 27, 1872; interment in Summerville Cemetery. Bio info from Len G. Cleveland’s Ph. D. dissertation, George W. Crawford of Georgia, 1798-1872 listed on the Biographical Directory of the US Congress website: http://bioguide.congress.gov/

Joel Crawford, a U.S. Congressman, 1817-1821 is the brother of George Walker Crawford . He served as Representative from Georgia ; born in Columbia County, Ga., June 15, 1783 ; completed preparatory studies; studied law at the Litchfield Law School; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Sparta in 1808; moved to Milledgeville, Ga., in 1811; served in the war against the Creek Indians as second lieutenant and aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Floyd in 1813 and 1814; resumed the practice of law in Milledgeville; member of the State house of representatives 1814-1817; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress ( March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821 ); returned to Sparta, Hancock County, in 1828; member of the State senate in 1827 and 1828; appointed a commissioner to run the boundary line between Alabama and Georgia in 1826; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1828 and 1831; delegate to the International Improvement Convention in 1831; elected in 1837 a State commissioner to locate and construct the Western & Atlantic Railroad; died near Blakely, Early County, Ga., April 5, 1858 ; interment in the family burying ground on his plantation in Early County, Ga. Information available via the Biographical Directory of the US Congress website: http://bioguide.congress.gov/

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