J. Marshall Crawford

[Dutch Waits]

I have been unable to find birth and death dates for Sgt. John Marshall Crawford of Companies A & B, 43rd. Battalion, Virginia Cavalry. He authored MOSBY AND HIS MEN in 1867. Can anyone provide his birth and death dates ? Even just the years would be appreciated.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

I have been unable to find birth and death dates for Sgt. John Marshall Crawford of Companies A & B, 43rd. Battalion, Virginia Cavalry. He authored MOSBY AND HIS MEN in 1867. Can anyone provide his birth and death dates ? Even just the years would be appreciated.

His service record:

National Archives NextGen Catalog

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Do you know if he resettled in California after the war? I believe I found him in Truckee, Nevada, California on a voter registrar. I had a Confederate relative from North Carolina settled in the same location. Dated October 1876. His age is listed at 40 if it's the same man.

My relative, Jordan Livingston, a Veteran of the 11th NC. This area may have been a haven for former Confederates.

 

[Dutch Waits]

I don't know where he was born or where he died. I know that he lived (for awhile at least) in Louisville, Kentucky, after the war.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

I don't know where he was born or where he died. I know that he lived (for awhile at least) in Louisville, Kentucky, after the war.

He signed the forward for his book from Louisville.

 

[Nathan Stuart]

Some fragments of information found are:

. In his written work, 'Mosby and his Men', Crawford states (at page 14) that he held office in the U.S. Treasury Dept. at Washington D.C. for seven years prior to 1861 (meaning he must have started working there around 1853).

. In his same work, Crawford mentions (at page 95) that his native state was Virginia.

. In another work, 'Mosby's Rangers', author James Williamson does not show his name being recorded as present at the Second Reunion of the unit at Marshall (Old Salem) on Aug. 14, 1895, nor is he listed as a known surviving member of the unit at the time.

Piecing together these bits, best guess is that he was born circa 1835 (or earlier), possibly in Virginia, and that he may have died prior to 1895, although he could have just disappeared at this time.

 

[lupaglupa]

In 1860 in Washington DC a John Crawford, born Virginia about 1838, lives in the household of William and Ann Crawford. His occupation is clerk. That would fit.

The John Marshall Crawford in California appears to have worked as a conductor, which seems an odd match. But maybe the books didn't earn him much?