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John M. Blackstone (1780-
1859) was Crawford
County's first senator and held the honor for nine consecutive
terms. He helped organize Crawford County, locate the county
seat, and name it Knoxville. He led the establishment of
several churches in the county and served in the first Inferior
Court. |
| Georgia Supreme
Court Justice Samuel Hall
began his practice of law in Crawford County. He was elected
associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1882. He was a trustee of
the University of Georgia and of the University of the South at
Suwannee, TN. |
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Benjamin Hawkins
Indian agent, agrarian, friend to the Muskogee people, Col.
Hawkins is believed to have been the first non-native man to dwell
on Crawford County soil. |
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Jefferson
Franklin Long, was the
first African-American from Georgia to serve in the United States
Congress. He was born a slave near Knoxville March 3, 1836.
Image courtesy of
Library of Congress
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Bob
Mobley Sophie
D. Bell
In 1936-1938 the Federal Writers' Project, under the WPA, recorded
the life stories of many people who had lived as slaves in the
South. Two of those stories were told by former slaves from Crawford
County. You can read the accounts at the Library of Congress
American Memory website. |
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John Stith Pemberton
The inventor of Coca Cola was born in Crawford County July 8, 1831 |
| Stiles Martin, born
in 1882 in Crawford County, was state editor of the Atlanta
Constitution for 16 years, retiring in 1951. He was historian of
the Georgia Press Association for 10 years and was inducted into the
Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame at the University of Georgia. |
| Samuel R.
Rutherford, the son of
Confederate Capt. William Rutherford and Julia Gibson, was U. S.
Congressman for the Sixth District of Georgia. He was born in the
northern part of Crawford County in 1871. |
| Thomas Jefferson
Simmons, who rose to
Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, was born (June 25, 1837)
and raised in the Hickory Grove community. |
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Joanna Troutman
At age 17, Joanna made for the men marching to help in the fight for
Texas independence, a Flag which later inspired the Lone Star Flag
of Texas. |
| Hiram Warner
opened his law practice in Knoxville just two years after Crawford
County was formed. He was elected to the newly formed Supreme Court
of Georgia in 1845 and was re-elected in 1849. |
