Crawford County Courthouse Historical Marker

Located at the Crawford County Courthouse, Knoxville, Ga.

 

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CRAWFORD COUNTY

 

This County created by Acts of the Legis-

lature Dec. 9 & 23, 1822, is named for William

H. Crawford, Georgia statesman who was Sec-

retary of the Treasury at the time the

County was established. At the County site,

Knoxville, lived Joanna E. Troutman (Mrs. Vinson)

who is credited with designing the Lone

Star Flag of the Republic of Texas. When

a company of Macon Volunteers under Col.

William A. Ward marched through on the way

to Texas Miss Troutman presented them with

a white silk flag bearing a single large

blue star, which she had designed and made.

 

039-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

Photo: Keith Hair

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia

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