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Agency, on the Flint river. Col. Hawkins left a number of 

 manuscripts, containing valuable information in regard to the 

 Indian country, &c. 



Name, — Among the names of Georgia's great men, that of the 

 Hon. William Harris Crawford, after whom this county is called, 

 should be placed in the first rank. His history shows how much 

 may be done by study, industry, and honesty. He was born 

 in Amherst county, Virginia, on the 24th of February, 1772. 

 The part of the county in which Mr. Crawford was born, is 

 said to have been famous for large men. A Mr. Spencer 

 lived there, who had the reputation of being the largest man 

 in the world. Mr. Crawford's family were from Scotland. 

 His father came from Virginia in 1779, and settled in Edge- 

 field District, South Carolina, and in 1783 he removed to Co- 

 lumbia count)^ Georgia, where he died five years afterwards. 

 W. H. Crawford was a lad during the Revolution, and was 

 raised with the hardihood of those scuffling times. After the 

 death of his father, Mr. Crawford, in order to aid in the sup- 

 port of his mother's family, devoted himself to the business of 

 instruction, for several years, until Dr. Moses Waddel opened 

 a classical school in Columbia county ; when feeling the im- 

 portance of a knowledge of the languages, he resolved to avail 

 himself of this excellent opportunity of obtaining an acquaint- 

 ance with the classics, and accordingly became a student in Dr. 

 Waddel's academy, where his progress was so great, that he was 

 soon employed as an assistant- After remaining in this academy 

 two years, he came to Augusta, and formed a connection with 

 Charles, afterwards Judge Tait, in the management of the 

 Richmond Academy. In 1799 he removed to Lexington, and 

 commenced the practice of the law ; and it was not long be- 

 fore his talents and great attention to business placed him at 

 the head of his profession. When Mr. Crawford first com- 

 menced practice, the upper counties of Georgia were monopo- 

 lized by a clique engaged in legislative speculations. Efforts 

 were made to secure his co-operation in these iniquitous pro- 

 ceedings, but with no success. For four years he represented 

 Oglethorpe county in the Legislature of Georgia. In 1806 he 

 was elected to the United States Senate, and in 1811 re-elect- 

 ed without opposition. In this body he occupied a pre-eminent 



