There is a wonderful article about John Crowder in the USC Magazine, published February 2010, page 26, written by Doveen Bowdoin.
John was brought to Monroe County, Georgia when he was 2 years old and resided there until his death. He was the owner of 1,000 acres on both sides of the Little Towaliga River and Rocky Creek. He was known as a leading agriculturalist in the middle Georgia region, and it was on this land he developed the crowder pea, which is still grown and eaten today.
At the start of the War Between the States, he organized and outfitted, using his own funds, an infantry unit known as the Monroe Crowders, Company D, 31st Georgia Infantry Volunteers, one of seven Militia units from Monroe County. This unit fought under General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg and surrendered at Appoxmattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
John was brought to Monroe County, Georgia when he was 2 years old and resided there until his death. He was the owner of 1,000 acres on both sides of the Little Towaliga River and Rocky Creek. He was known as a leading agriculturalist in the middle Georgia region, and it was on this land he developed the crowder pea, which is still grown and eaten today.
At the start of the War Between the States, he organized and outfitted, using his own funds, an infantry unit known as the Monroe Crowders, Company D, 31st Georgia Infantry Volunteers, one of seven Militia units from Monroe County. This unit fought under General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg and surrendered at Appoxmattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
There is a wonderful article about John Crowder in the USC Magazine, published February 2010, page 26, written by Doveen Bowdoin.
John was brought to Monroe County, Georgia when he was 2 years old and resided there until his death. He was the owner of 1,000 acres on both sides of the Little Towaliga River and Rocky Creek. He was known as a leading agriculturalist in the middle Georgia region, and it was on this land he developed the crowder pea, which is still grown and eaten today.
At the start of the War Between the States, he organized and outfitted, using his own funds, an infantry unit known as the Monroe Crowders, Company D, 31st Georgia Infantry Volunteers, one of seven Militia units from Monroe County. This unit fought under General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg and surrendered at Appoxmattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
John was brought to Monroe County, Georgia when he was 2 years old and resided there until his death. He was the owner of 1,000 acres on both sides of the Little Towaliga River and Rocky Creek. He was known as a leading agriculturalist in the middle Georgia region, and it was on this land he developed the crowder pea, which is still grown and eaten today.
At the start of the War Between the States, he organized and outfitted, using his own funds, an infantry unit known as the Monroe Crowders, Company D, 31st Georgia Infantry Volunteers, one of seven Militia units from Monroe County. This unit fought under General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg and surrendered at Appoxmattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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