- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Martin J. Crawford historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Muscogee County
Crawford, M. J. (Martin Jenkins), 1820-1883 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 13th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Columbus
Text of marker: "MARTIN J. CRAWFORD (1820-1883). On the adjoining lot stood the large columned home of Martin Jenkins Crawford, Lawyer, Member of the General Assembly of Georgia, twice Judge of the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee Circuit, Member of the United States Congress, and of the provisional Confederate States Congress. He was one of the three Confederate Peace Commissioners to President Lincoln. Upon the outbreak of the war he raised the Third Georgia Cavalry regiment of which he was Colonel. Col. Crawford died while a member of the Supreme Court of Georgia. 106-7 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_martin-j.-crawford
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_martin-j
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
