Early Life
Crawford was born in Columbia County, Georgia, the fourth son of American Revolutionary War veteran Peter Crawford and Mary Ann Crawford. He graduated from the College of New Jersey with a Bachelor of Arts in 1820. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822, starting practice in Augusta, Georgia with Henry Harford Cumming. He received a Master of Arts from Franklin College and in 1826 married Mary Ann MacIntosh, orphaned daughter of John and Mary (McKinne) MacIntosh. There were four children: William Peter Crawford, Sarah MacIntosh Crawford, who became the wife of Samuel Warren Mays, Anna Elizabeth Crawford, and Charles Crawford.
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