CRAWFORD, George Gilmore (a.k.a., George C. Crawford; D.G. Crawford)
10/29/1837 - Born, near Lovejoy, Henry Co, Georgia [Father: Thomas Shanklin Crawford (1806-1894); Mother: Althea Francis Dorsey (1816-1892)]
10/02/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, Henry Co, GA
- Educated at a school in Cave Spring, Floyd Co., GA
- Attended, Western Military Institute, Nashville, TN
1857-1858 - Attended, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA
1858-1859 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1859 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA [from: Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; preceptor: Drs. J. G. Westmoreland & Dr. W. F. Westmoreland] Note: These two physicians were the founders of Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA.]
1859 -1861 - Visited Paris, France for post graduate medical studies
05/20/1861 - Enlisted as Capt., Co. E, (Benjamin Infantry) Clayton Sharpshooters, Jonesboro, Clayton Co, GA [This company subsequently became Co. E, 10th GA Infantry.)
06/01/1861 - As Capt., Capt. Crawford's Co., Benjamin Infantry, Fairfield, submitted a requisition for stationary [Note: "Fairfield" probably refers to an area in Henrico or Hanover Co., VA, which is located south of Mechanicsville Turnpike and north of Nine Mile Road.]
06/30/1861 - Capt., Co E, 10th GA Infantry, camp near Williamsburg, VA
08/31/1861 - Acting Surgeon, 10th GA Infantry, camp near Williamsburg, VA
10/07/1861 - Appointed Surgeon
10/16/1861 - Transferred as Surgeon to the medical staff, 10th GA Infantry, Young's Mill, VA
10/31/1861 - Absent on detached service, Richmond, VA
11/30/1861 - Surgeon, 10th GA Infantry, Young's Mill, VA
01/31/1861 - Surgeon, 10th GA Infantry, Young's Mill, VA
02/02/1861 - Granted leave of absence
02/22/1862 - Married, Anna Sagar (1842-1863), Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
03/07/1862 - Returned from leave, Surgeon, 10th GA Infantry
03/31/1862 - Absent sick in Williamsburg, VA
05/31/1862 - Surgeon, 10th GA Infantry
07/00/1862 - Surgeon, 10th GA Infantry, Young's Mill, VA
11/12/1862 - Granted a 30 day furlough
01/12/1863 - Surgeon, 10th GA Infantry, under "assignment for treatment"
01/24/1863 - "Surgeon G. G. Crawford is relieved from duty with the 10th Regiment Georgia Volunteers and will report to Surgeon J. P. Logan at Atlanta, Georgia" [S. O. 20/13]
01/31/1863 - Surgeon, Hospital, Atlanta, GA
02/28/1863 - Surgeon, Fairgrounds Hospital #2, Atlanta, GA
11/25/1863 - Surgeon, Fairgrounds Hospital, Vineville, GA
00/00/1863 - Wife, Anna, died in Atlanta, GA
03/01/1864 - Surgeon, Hospital, Atlanta, GA
06/15/1864 - In a note written at Fairgrounds Hospital #2, Atlanta, GA, to Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, George S. Blackie, Atlanta, GA, "I am very much in need of morphine. Will you be so kind as to furnish me with some. A special requisition for it approved was handed in to your office by my courier to-day. By sending it you will again place me under obligation. Sent by the bearer. Truly, Geo G. Crawford, Surg in chg." [On the back of this note is an order to steward S. S. Wharton, "M.P.O. , Atlanta, Geo., June 15, 1864, You will issue an _____ and (1) dram Morphine & charge on army requisition. George S Blackie, S.& M. P] [Beneath Blackie's order, is the following: "Delivered to Surg. Crawford, 1 Dram Morphia Sulph, Jun 15th 1864.]
07/07/1864 - Assigned as Surgeon, Fairgrounds Hospital #2, Vineville, GA
08/15/1864 - Surgeon, Fairgrounds Hospital #2, Vineville, GA
09/03/1864 - Surgeon-in-charge, Fairgrounds Hospital #2, Vineville, GA
10/03/1864 - Surgeon, Hospital #2, Vineville, GA
11/02/1864 - Surgeon-in-charge, Hospital, Vineville, GA
12/00/1864 - Surgeon, Hospital, Corinth, MS
12/07/1864 - Surgeon, Fairgrounds Hospital, Atlanta, GA
01/31/1865 - Surgeon-in-charge, Madison Hospital, Montgomery, AL
03/31/1865 - Surgeon-in-charge, Madison Hospital, Montgomery, AL
01/04/1868 - Married, Margarette Reed Howard (1837-1880), Morgan Co., GA
12/22/1872 - Wife, Margaret died in Madison, Morgan Co., GA (buried: Laurel Grove Cemetery North, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA; FindAGrave #40875362)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, GA
06/10/1880 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (Boarder at the home of J. A. Hutchison, Atlanta, GA; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as G. G. Crawford)
1886 - Practiced medicine in Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA
~1890 - Concentrated on his farming interests in Wilkinson Co., GA
08/21/1892 - Mother, Althea, died in Henry Co., GA
06/27/1894 - Father Thomas, died in Henry Co., GA
- Owner of Black Lake Plantation, a farm and a fishing resort about 10 miles from Milledgeville, GA
06/11/1899 or 06/12/1899 - Died at his residence, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, after a long illness [buried, Jonesboro City Cemetery, Jonesboro, Clayton Co., GA; FindAGrave #13987496]
12/04/1900 - Daughter, Margarette Howard Crawford, Black Lake Plantation, GA, announced her engagement to Mr. Edward Dankey Napier of Macon, GA
11/24/1957 - Daughter, Margarette, died in Baldwin Co., GA (buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA; FindaGrave #15861284)
R. E. L. Krick and Michael Angelo provided input to this biography.
Thanks to the creator of this memorial, Evening Blues.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
06/24/2011. Updated 02/01/2023.
Unpublished database