Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....Crawford, Henry F. 1846 - uk
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Author: MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA
HENRY F. CRAWFORD, farmer, Temple, Carroll Ca., Ga., son of Gallant
 and Katie Crawford,. was born in what is now Spalding county, in 1846. His 
Paternal grandfather. William Crawford, was a native Virginian, came to Gear_ 
in ax-carts in 1810, and settled in the woods. He was a soldier in the war of 
1812. Mr. Crawford's father was born in what is now Henry county, in 1816, and 
was reared a farmer, and fallowed farming all his life. He was a soldier in the 
Indian war of 1836. His maternal grandparents were among the first settlers and 
wealthy citizens of that part of the state. Mr. Crawford was reared on the farm 
and had to work hard, and so had to be content with a very limited education. 
In 1864 he enlisted in Company F (Capt. Thomas), Phillip’s  legion, and  
although his, service was  not lengthy, it was rough and arduous., He 
participated in the Bellfield creek raid-three days' fighting-the battle of 
Petersburg; and the stirring events of the closing scenes of the war. He was in 
the engagement at Orangeburg, S. c., and Salisbury, N. C., and was at 
Charlotte, N. C., at the time of the surrender. After the war he came home and 
engaged in farming. In 1870, Mr. Crawford was married to Miss Nancy, daughter 
of John and Eliza (Weidner) Lee. Mr. Lee, her father, was born in Kentucky in 
1818, and when seventeen years of age ran away from home and came to Georgia 
with some hog drivers, and never returned. Having fine business capacity, and 
being a shrewd trader he became very rich, but the war about ruined him. When 
Mr. Crawford married he was very poor, but not discouraged, and his wife proved 
a helpmeet, indeed; she worked with him in the field during the day, and at 
night spun and wove the cloth and made the clothing for the family. Thus they 
worked together and struggled on as plain farmers, until now he has a good 200-
acre farm and comfortable home where he lives, and, nearby a 250-acre tract of 
choice land. To them six children have been born: Alice, wife of Cas Cantrell; 
Robert, Frank, William H., Rilla, and O. V. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are members 
of the Missionary Baptist church, content with their success in life, and happy 
in the consciousness of having the confidence and esteem of their neighbors.



Additional Comments:
“MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA”, Historical and Biographical Sketches
by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., Published in 1896.  Transcribed by Elizabeth Robertson 
July 2004.


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