Marion County GaArchives Biographies.....Crawford, W.D. 1859 - Unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 19, 2004, 2:13 am Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga. Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga. Published by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1895 Pages 310-311 W.D. Crawford, judge of the County court, Buena Vista, Marion Co., Ga., son of Samuel H. and Sarah J. (Dunham) Crawford, was born in Marion County in 1859. His paternal grandparents were members of old Georgia families. His grandfather, William Crawford, was a farmer, owned quite a number of slaves and late in life, removed to Alabama. He was a soldier in the Indian war of 1836. Mr. Crawford’s father read law under Judge (ex-congressman) Hugh Buchanan, at Newnan, Ga., and entered upon the practice at Tazewell, but moved to Buena Vista when it was made the county seat, and continued his practice there. For a number of years he was clerk of the inferior court, and was at one time law partner of ex-Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Mark H. Blanford – now of Columbus, Ga. He enlisted in the late war, and died at his home from the result of a wound received at Griswoldville, Ga., near its close. His maternal grandparents were William and Elizabeth (Harris) Dunham. Mr. Dunham was born in South Carolina, was a large slave owner, came to Georgia and settled on a rice plantation in Liberty County, where he reared fourteen children to maturity. He was a descendant of one of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock, Dec. 22, 1620. Mr. Crawford was reared in Buena Vista, where he received a good common school education. On completing that he read law under Maj. E.W. Miller, and was admitted to the bar in 1887. He gained a good practice at once, but he is now judge of the County court. He was president of the board of commissioners for a number of years, and mayor of the city three terms conclusive evidence of his ability and popularity. In 1891 Mr. Crawford was marred to Miss Callie Miller – born in Marion County in 1867 – daughter of Major E.W. and Sallie (Jones) Miller. Major Miller was born in Warren County, Ga., moved to Marion County early in life and practiced law for many years. He was the first ordinary of Marion County and has represented the county in the general assembly. He was a soldier in the Confederate army and was by the side of Mr. Crawford’s father when he was shot down at Griswoldville. Mrs. Crawford is a member of the Baptist church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/bios/bs244crawford.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb