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/

Joel Crawford was a slaveholder of over 100 slaves in Hancock County, Georgia.

Charles P. Crawford, lawyer, Confederate officer; son of Joel Crawford . Charles P. Crawford served in the Confederate Army and entered the service of the State of Georgia on the July 6, 1861 in Company A Battalion 11 as fourth sergeant. He was promoted to the rank of Captain of Company B Battalion 11 on April 16, 1862 . Captain Crawford died at his home on Liberty Street in Milledgeville, Georgia, January 1900. According to the news article Captain Crawford was one of the best posted lawyers of this section, and leaves a wife, one son and three daughters and hosts of friends all over the state to mourn his death .

Martha Mattie Williamson Crawford is the wife of Charles P. Crawford . Mrs. Martha Crawford was a daughter of Capt. W.T. Williamson of Milledgeville. She was born at McIntosh Reserve, Coweta County, Ga., January 8, 1836 . January 8,1855, she was married to Mr. Charles P. Crawford . From 1855 to 1859 she lived in Americus; from 1859 to 1863 in Lee County; from 1863 to 871 in Florida, from 1871 to 1876 in Milledgeville, Georgia .

Anna Ripley Orme, wife of Charles P. Crawford from May 4, 1880 to his death January 1900. She was the daughter of Richard M. Orme publisher of the Southern Recorder & Milledgeville Mayor.

Sara Crawford is the daughter of Joel Crawford and sister of Charles P. Crawford .

From the guide to the Inventory of the Crawford Family Papers: Area Studies MSS 00164 ., 1852-[bulk 1854-1867]-1900., (Cushing Memorial Library)