Martin Jenkins Crawford
Born: March 17, 1820
Birthplace: Jasper County, Georgia
Father: Hardy Crawford 1793 – 1839
(Buried: Crawford Cemetery, Harris County, Georgia)
Mother: Elizabeth R. Jenkins 1799 – 1857
(Buried: Crawford Cemetery, Harris County, Georgia)
1st Wife: Mary Craig Cook 1824 – 1841
(Buried: Waverly Hall Cemetery, Waverly Hall, Georgia)
Married: January 28, 1840 in Harris County, Georgia
2nd Wife: Amanda Reese 1825 – 1905
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)
Married: December 29, 1852 in Harris County, Georgia
Children:
Osborne Craig Crawford – 1841
(Buried: Waverly Hall Cemetery, Waverly Hall, Georgia)
Clara Crawford 1843 – 1862
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)
Reese Crawford 1846 – 1912
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)
Martin Jenkins Crawford Jr. 1853 – 1907
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia)
Toombs Terrell Crawford Sr. 1861 – 1930
(Buried: Cremated Great Mausoleum, Glendale, California)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
Attended Brownwood Institute
Attended Mercer University
Occupation before War:
1839 – 1849: Attorney and Plantation Owner in Hamilton, Georgia
1845 – 1847: Georgia State Representative
1849 – 1854: Attorney in Columbus, Georgia
1850: Delegate to Southern Convention in Nashville, Tennessee
1854: Judge of Superior Courts of Chattahoochee Circuit in Georgia
1855 – 1861: United States Congressman from Georgia
1855 – 1857: Member of House Manufactures Committee
1857 – 1859: Member of House Roads and Canals Committee
1857 – 1861: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
1861: Withdrew from Congress on January 23rd four days after Georgia Secession from United States.
Civil War Career:
1861: Confederate Commissioner to see President James Buchanan
1861 – 1862: Georgia Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress.
1861 – 1862: Advocate for High taxes
Proposed to end the President’s right to appoint field grade officers.
Opposed the Produce loan and aid to railroad construction.
1862: Defeated in his election for regular congress due to his campaign base, on dangers inherent in the government buying entire cotton crop.
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 3rd Georgia Cavalry Regiment
1862: Captured and Paroled by Union Army at New Haven, Kentucky
1862: Court martialed for allowing his regiment to be surprised.
1862: Sentenced to 3 months loss of pay and a reprimand.
1863: Resigned as Colonel on March 13th citing, “physical incapacity to discharge the very onerous duties devolving upon a cavalry officer.”
1864: Volunteer Aide to General Howell Cobb, in Georgia Reserves.
His Property was destroyed by the Union Army.
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1875: Attorney in Columbus, Georgia
1875 – 1880: Judge of Chattahoochee Circuit Court
1880 – 1883: Associate Justice of Georgia State Supreme Court
Died: July 23, 1883
Place of Death: Columbus, Georgia
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Age at time of Death: 63 years old
Burial Place: Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia
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