History of Jasper County Georgia United States of America

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Biography of Martin Jenkins Crawford

Martin Jenkins Crawford, representative, was born in Jasper county, Ga., March 17, 1829. He was educated at Mercer university but was not graduated. He was admitted to the bar in February, 1839, and became a lawyer in Columbus, Go., but relinquished his practice on the death of his father and engaged in planting. He was a member of the state legislature, 1845-47, a member of the southern convention held in Nashville, Tenn., in 1850, and in 1853 was made judge of the superior courts of the Chattahoochee circuit. He resigned his judicial office and represented his district in the 34th, 35th and 36th congresses, withdrawing from congress, Jan. 23, 1861, upon the secession of his state. He was a delegate to the Confederate provisional congress, 1861-62, and was one of the three commissioners sent to Washington to treat for a peaceful separation of the states. He raised the 3d Georgia calvary and served as its colonel for one year when he was appointed on the staff of Gen. Howell Cobb. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law. In 1875 he was again appointed judge of the superior courts of the Chattahoochee circuit and in 1877 was reappointed for eight years. In 1880 he was elevated to the supreme court of the state as associate justice to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Justice Bleckley, and was appointed his own successor on the expiration of Justice Bleckley's term. He died in Columbus, Go., July 22, 1883.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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