Husband Bryant M. Crews
Born: 10 Dec 1844 - Big Creek Section of Ware Co., GA 404,405
Christened:
Died: 1 Jan 1938 - Brantley County, Georgia 310
Buried: - New Hope Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, GA 310
Father: Micajah Crews
Mother: Emaliza Robinson
Marriage: Bef 1866
Wife Mary Leticia Dowling
AKA: Polly
Born: 16 Nov 1845 - Pierce Co., GA 406
Christened:
Died: 28 Mar 1929 - Ware County, Georgia 407
Buried: - High Bluff Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, GA 408
Father: David C. Dowling
Mother: Letitia Thomas
Children
1 F Letisha Crews
Born: 7 Nov 1866 - Pierce Co., GA
Christened:
Died: 23 Jun 1941 - Ware County, Georgia
Buried:
Spouse: Timothy Melton
Marr: 29 Oct 1882 - Ware County, Georgia
2 F Nancy Crews
Born: 5 Sep 1867
Christened:
Died: 7 Nov 1943 - Brantley Co., GA
Buried: - High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Frances Marion Melton
Marr: 29 Jan 1887
3 M John L. Crews
Born: Apr 1873 - Pierce Co., GA 128
Christened:
Died: 21 Jun 1924 - Brantley Co., GA 128
Buried:
Spouse: Ida Altman
4 M Mack Crews
Born: 11 May 1875
Christened:
Died: 6 Jul 1911
Buried:
5 M Walter Britton Crews
Born: 18 Mar 1876 - Cow House Island, Okeefenokee Swamp, Ware Co. GA
Christened:
Died: 1 Jan 1951 - Manor, Georgia
Buried:
Spouse: Nancy Ann Missouri Aldridge
Marr: 14 Jan 1897 - Pierce County, Georgia
6 F Mary Crews
Born: Jun 1878
Christened:
Died: 25 Sep 1960
Buried:
7 M David Layton Crews 27
Born: 20 Jan 1883 - Georgia 27
Christened:
Died: 3 May 1927 - Ware County, Georgia 27
Buried:
Spouse: Lilla Tatum 27
8 F Katie Lee Crews
Born: 8 Jul 1885
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Died:
Buried:
9 F Hattie Crews
Born: 15 Jul 1886 - Georgia 27
Christened:
Died: 1 Feb 1921 - Waycross, Ware County, Georgia 27
Buried:
10 F Emma Crews
Born: 1891
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Died:
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General Notes: Husband - Bryant M. Crews
Bryant Crews has a CSA pension app on line under WARD i.e. Ware county, GA . He says he was born Dec 10, 1844 in Ware county. He enlisted in Waynesville, Ga in 1862 with Co. K of the 4th GA cav. and surrendered on May 7, 1865. Title:Crews, Bryant
Last Name Crews
First Name Bryant
County WARD
Record Type Document
Cite as Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives
Digital Collection Confederate Pension Applications
Record ID USAMILCONFEDGA_187863-01115
Date created 2009-08-31
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Last Ware County Confederate Veteran Buried at High Bluff
Bryant M. Crews Sr., 94, last of the Ware County's ranks of Confederate Veterans, who recently has been living with his daughter, Mrs. Mary Griffis , near Hoboken, died on Saturday and will be buried on Sunday at the High Bluff Cemetery in Brantley County..
Bryant was one of the first Ware County youths to enlist in the Army of the Confederacy, serving through the entire war ..
Born in December of 1844 near High Bluff church, in the Big Creek section in the northeastern part of Ware County, the son of Macajah and Eminiza Crews, pioneers of the South Georgia..
Macajah Crews drew land in the Cherokee Land Lottery , in Camden County on January 1, 1838 according to records revealed in the Ware County History compiled by Mrs. J.L. Walker of the City ..
Bryant M. Crews was a grandson of Joseph Crews, a soldier in the Indian Wars of 1837-38 ..
Preceded in death by his wife : Mrs. Pollie Dowling Crews , some years ago ,
They had twelve children,
more than a hundred grand children and
seventy-five great grand children ..
Survivors include six children:
W.B. Crews of Hoboken
M.J. Crews of Waycross
Mrs. Eddie Dixon of Hoboken
Mrs. Mary Griffis of Hoboken
Mrs. Jimmie Cox of Waycross
Mrs. Tisha Melton of Hoboken
(a sister)
Mrs. Emmie Dowling of Uptonville ..
January 6, 1938 Newspaper .....
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9383668/bryant_m-crews: accessed May 25, 2025), memorial page for Bryant M Crews Sr. (10 Dec 1844\endash 1 Jan 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9383668, citing High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Luvspugs (contributor 46559635).
General Notes: Wife - Mary Leticia Dowling
Charlton County Herald dated
April 5, 1929
MRS. BRYANT CREWS DIED. Mrs. Bryant Crews, 83, died last Thursday at the family home in the Cowhouse near Fort Mudge.
She was the wife of Mr. Bryant Crews who is the elder brother of Mr. Hamp Crews of Uptonville.
They had lived together 63 years. Mrs. Crews suffered a fall something over a year ago and the illness that caused her death was brought about from it.
She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church and was the mother of a large family.
The body was laid to rest in the High Bluff Cemetery near Slaughterville, Rev. W.O. Gibson and I.T. Hickox officiating.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34013352/mary_letitia-crews: accessed May 25, 2025), memorial page for Mary Letitia "Polly" Dowling Crews (16 Nov 1845\endash 28 Mar 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34013352, citing High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Michael H Pafford (contributor 46805670).
Husband Calvin McDonald Crews
Born: May 1832 - Camden Co., GA 409
Christened:
Died: 1906 - Traders Hill, Charlton County, Georgia, USA 409
Buried: - Boones Creek Cemetery, Charlton County, Georgia
Father: Roger Crews
Mother: Elizabeth Mitchell
Marriage: Abt 1851 - Camden (now Charlton) County, Georgia 409
Wife Sarah Jane Stokes
Born:
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Children
1 M Burton Calvin Crews
Born: 26 Jul 1852 - Camden Co., GA 174
Christened:
Died: 17 Jul 1934 - Macclenny, Baker, Florida 410
Buried: - Oak Grove Church Cemetery, Macclenny, Baker Co., Georgia, USA 411
Spouse: Georgia Ann Bennett
2 F Sarah Jane Crews
Born: 21 May 1863
Christened:
Died: 20 Mar 1943
Buried:
3 M Jacob Henry Crews
Born: 26 Dec 1872 - Charlton Co., GA 169
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Tennie Elizabeth Rhoden 169
Marr: 3 Feb 1904 - Charlton Co., GA 169
General Notes: Husband - Calvin McDonald Crews
CREWS, CALVIN McDONALD PADGETT, JAMES T. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133018911/tate-powell: accessed May 3, 2025), memorial page for Tate Powell Sr. (4 Oct 1879\endash 18 Apr 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133018911, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Macclenny, Baker County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Cissy (contributor 48922867).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23615121/cecil_ch-powell: accessed May 3, 2025), memorial page for Cecil C.H. Crews Powell (18 Oct 1903\endash 26 Oct 1980), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23615121, citing Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Elaine Wilson Toomey (contributor 46951411).
Birth Name GOODBREAD, JOHN S. Name: Charles Alvin Crews Charles Constantine Crews (September 3, 1829 \endash November 14, 1887) was an attorney, physician, railroad executive and Confederate Colonel in the American Civil War.[1] Between 1862 and 1865, he participated in most of the Western Theater cavalry campaigns of Major General Joseph Wheeler, initially leading the 2nd Georgia Cavalry and eventually a cavalry brigade. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107632379/martha_hampton-crews: accessed November 15, 2025), memorial page for Martha Hampton Gunn Crews (5 May 1844\endash 15 Apr 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107632379, citing Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA; Maintained by contributor 51857485.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48066294/charles_h-crews: accessed June 22, 2025), memorial page for Charles H. Crews (12 Sep 1887\endash 16 Jun 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48066294, citing Manntown Cemetery, Glen Saint Mary, Baker County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Alton and Loudonia (contributor 46956626).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48066350/missouri-crews: accessed August 31, 2025), memorial page for Missouri Rewis Crews (18 Jun 1886\endash 15 Jan 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48066350, citing Manntown Cemetery, Glen Saint Mary, Baker County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Alton and Loudonia (contributor 46956626).
Calvin McDonald "Mack" Crews was born in May of 1832 in Camden County, (now Charlton) Georgia His parents were Roger (Rodger) Crews and Elizabeth Mitchell from Colleton County, South Carolina. He married Sarah
Jane Stokes about 1851. Her father is believed to be Henry Stokes from Stokesville in Camden County, now Charlton County, Georgia. All of their children were born in Charlton County.
1. Burton Calvin
2. Polly Ann
3. Baby Male
4. Sarah Jane
5. Calvin M. Jr.
6. Willis
7. Prussian
8. Russian
9. Lucian Hardy
10. Andrew Jackson
11. Jacob Henry (q.v.)
11. William Newton
13. Courtney Elizabeth
14. Berry
15. Jefferson Earl
Mack and Sarah Jane lived in Charlton County about three miles north of Saint George near Boones Creek. Mack Crews was a witness, along with his brother William Cone Crews, for Honor Bradley Crews, the widow of Archibald Graham Crews their brother, on her application for a widow's Indian War pension in 1906 in Macclenny, Florida Sarah Jane (Stokes) Crews was an heir to the John Brown estate along with her sister Racheal Adaline Stokes who married William Cone Crews.
Sources: Census, 1840-1850 Camden Co., 1860-1880,1900 Charlton Co.; family members of the children of Mack and Sarah Crews.
Contributed by: Charles Dean Murray, P.O. Box 115, Saint George, Ga. 31646.
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Calvin Crews
Jane Crews
Sarah J. Crews
Calvin Crews
Willis Crews
Lucian H. Crews
Andrew J. Crews
Jacob H. Crews
William N. Crews
Courtney E. Crews
Berry Crews
William Crews
Husband James T. Padgett
Born: 1818 - Tattnall County, Georgia 412
Christened:
Died: 1883
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Caroline Crews
Born: 1839 - Ware County (Now Echols) Georgia
Christened:
Died:
Buried: - Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, Echols County, GA 413
Father: Stephen Crews
Mother: Elizabeth Larrisey
Children
General Notes: Husband - James T. Padgett
James T. Padgett was born in Tattnall County, in 1818, a son of Hopkins and Mary Padgett. His parents moved to Hamilton Co. Fla., in his youth, and he was married there in 1839 to Mehala Hunter, born 1827 in Georgia, daughter of Joseph Hunter. To them were born eleven children, viz:
1. Angeline
2. Nancy
3. Mehala
4. Salena
5. Thomas W.
6. Susannah
7. Hagner
8. Waver J.
9. Fisher
10. Lavina J.
11. Cynthia
After the first wife's death in 1862, Mr. Padgett married Caroline Crews, born 1839 in Ware County, daughter of Stephen Crews (Vol.I). They had the following children:
12. Matilda
13. Noah W.
14. Della
15. Jesse
16. Madison
Mr. Padgett lived alternately in Hamilton County, Fla., until 1843, then in Lowndes Co. Ga., (now Echols), until 1849; then in Clinch Co. Ga., (now Echols) until about 1852; then in Hamilton until about 1857; then in Echols County until his death. His residence in Echols was on lot of land 502, 13th district, on Tom's Creek, a lot which he owned. He also owned lands in Hamilton County where he lived during his residences there.
Mr. Padgett served as a Justice of the Inferior Court of Echols County, 1861-63, and as a member of the Board of County Commissioners 1873-74, and as Representative from Echols, 1875-76. In an family altercation at his home he was shot and mortally wounded by his son-in-law, George W. Hunter, Dec. 28, 1883.
Mr. Padgett served three terms of enlistment in the Indian War in this section and over in North Florida, viz: Private under Lieut. William Day, 13th Regiment, Florida Regiment, June 15th to Oct. 15, 1836; Private in Capt. Geo. W. Smith's company, 2nd Regiment, Florida militia, June 16 to Dec. 16, 1837; and private in Capt. David R. Bryan's company of Lowndes Co. Ga., militia, July 1st to Oct. 15, 1838.
Husband Tate Powell Sr.
Born: 4 Oct 1879
Christened:
Died: 18 Apr 1967
Buried: - Woodlawn Cemetery, Baker County, Florida
Marriage: 1934
Wife Cecil C. H. Crews
Born: 18 Oct 1903
Christened:
Died: 26 Oct 1980
Buried: - Taylor Cemetery, Baker County, Florida
Father: John J. Crews Sr.
Mother: Larceny Williams
Children
General Notes: Husband - Tate Powell Sr.
General Notes: Wife - Cecil C. H. Crews
Husband Wiley Shaw
Born: 1839 - Ware County, Georgia
Christened:
Died:
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Wife Charity Crews
Born: 1844 - Ware County, Georgia 414
Christened:
Died:
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Father: Joseph Crews
Mother: Sarah Johns
Children
General Notes: Wife - Charity Crews
Given Name: Charity
Surname: Crews
More Information
Race: White
Sex: Female
Age
Age: 16
Name: Charity Crews
Sex: Female
Age: 16
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Race: White
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Southern District, Clinch, Georgia, United States
Page Number: 25
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Household
Benj Dryden
Nancy Dryden
Benj Dryden
Nathan Dryden
Milly Dryden
Patsey Dryden
Nancy Dryden
John Mc Lane
Digital Folder Number: 005165688
Microfilm Number: 803117
Image Number: 181
Indexing Batch: N01696-0
Citing this Record
"United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMJ-YZJ : Mon Jul 08 04:40:22 UTC 2024), Entry for Benj Dryden and Nancy Dryden, 1860.
The Dryden's must have taken in Charity after the death of her mother. 3 of her brothers are with James North family
Husband John Starling Goodbread 148,415
Born: 1797 - Camden County, Georgia 70,416
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Died: 1872 - Suwanee County, Florida 70
Buried:
Father: Phillip Goodbread
Mother: Catherine Sowder
Marriage: 1818 - Camden Co., GA 70
Wife Charity Crews
Born: 1796 - Beaufort District, South Carolina 70,417
Christened:
Died: 1857 - Suwanee County, Florida 70
Buried:
Father: Micajah Crews 148
Mother: Mary Pugh 148
Children
1 M Lowder Goodbread
Born: 1832
Christened:
Died:
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General Notes: Husband - John Starling Goodbread
John S. Goodbread was born in Camden County in 1797, a son of Phillip Goodbread and brother of Thomas Goodbread. He was married in 1818 to Charity Crews, born 1796 in Beaufort District S.C., daughter of Micajah Crews who moved to Camden County and died there testate. They had four known children, viz:
1. John McPherson
2. Caroline
3. Sowder
4. Rebecca
John S. Goodbread lived in the White Oak district of Camden County. He served as Lt Lieutenant, Camden County militia, 1822,24. He served in the War of 1812 in Lieut. Scott's detachment of Camden County militia, Jan. 15th to March 5, 1815.
In 1845 Mr. Goodbread moved to Columbia County, Fla. In the creation of Suwannee County out of Columbia he was cut into the new county. He lived on the Suwannee River near the present town of Wellborn, and died there in 1872. His wife died there about 1857
Husband Charles Alvin Crews 325
Born: 17 Sep 1937 - Benton, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 324
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Died: 20 Mar 2004 - Gainesville, Alachua Co., Florida, USA 324
Buried: 23 Mar 2004 - Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 324
Father: Leo Crews 230
Mother: Teeny Elizabeth Melton 230
Marriage: 31 Dec 1956 - Lake City (Columbia Co) FL
Wife Gloria Ramona Smithy 325
Born: 29 Dec 1937 - Williston, FL 324
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Father: William Cicero Smithy Jr
Mother: Mary Alice Hatch
Children
1 M Charles Samuel Crews 29
AKA: Sammy
Born: 18 Mar 1960 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 324
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Meg Chase
Spouse: Kathy Earhart
Marr: 2019
2 M Anthony William Crews 29
AKA: Tony
Born: 24 Feb 1962 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 324
Christened:
Died:
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3 M Gregory Leo Crews 29
AKA: Greg
Born: 26 Sep 1964 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 324
Christened:
Died: 9 Feb 2023 - Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Charles Alvin Crews
Alias: Charles A Crews
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 17 Sep 1937
Birthplace: Lake City Co*, Florida, United States
Social Program Application Date: Mar 1951
Residence Place: Lake City, Columbia, Florida, United States
Death Date: 21 Mar 2004
Race: White
Father's Name: Leo Crews
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Teeny E Melton
Mother's Sex: Female
Event Type: Social Program Correspondence
Household
Teeny E Melton
Leo Crews
Digital Folder Number: DI0001099
Citing this Record
"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KSB-JMTB : Sat Apr 26 03:36:43 UTC 2025), Entry for Charles A Crews and Leo Crews.
Husband Charles Carney Crews
Born: 15 Jun 1844
Christened:
Died: 22 Mar 1917
Buried: - Midway Cemetery, Crewsville, Hardee County, FL
Marriage: 1868
Wife Minerva Whidden
Born: 15 Mar 1854 - Manatee County, Florida
Christened:
Died: 20 Feb 1940
Buried: - Midway Cemetery, Crewsville, Hardee County, FL
Father: Eli Perry Whidden
Mother:
Children
Husband Charles Constantine Crews
Born: 3 Sep 1829 - Upson County, Georgia
Christened:
Died: 14 Nov 1887 - Hillsboro, Sierra County, New Mexico
Buried:
Father: Reuben Jordan Crews
Mother: Elizabeth T. Phillips
Marriage:
Wife Martha Hampton Gunn
Born: 5 May 1844 - Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida
Christened:
Died: 15 Apr 1920 - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas
Buried: - Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso, Texas
Children
General Notes: Husband - Charles Constantine Crews
Early life
Born to Reuben Jordan Crews, a real estate attorney and colonel in the Georgia Militia,[2] and Elizabeth Yarbrough Phillips Crews in Upson County, Georgia, Crews was the first of eight children. At the age of eighteen, Crews was authorized to practice law after reading the law with an established firm and undergoing an examination. [3] In 1853, he attended The Medical College of Louisiana, the predecessor institution to Tulane University School of Medicine, with Dr. G.N. Phillips of Alabama as his preceptor.[4] He graduated from Castleton Medical College in 1859.[5]
Civil War
C.C. Crews was appointed a Captain in the Confederate States Army in February 1862 and given responsibility for A Company of the 2nd Georgia Cavalry, which was recruited from Randolph and Calhoun counties.[6] They were deployed in June to Chattanooga with the 8th Texas Cavalry as a brigade under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest, participated in the First Battle of Murfreesboro, and operated as far north as Elizabethtown and Lebanon Junction, Kentucky in September.[7] He was captured during one of these raids at Glasgow, Kentucky by Col. Sanders D. Bruce of the 20th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry on 1 October 1862,[8] but was soon exchanged.[9] By November, C.C. was elected Lt. Col.[10] In January 1863, Col. C.C Crews received command of his own brigade, the Crews' Brigade (2nd, 3rd, 4th Georgia and the 7th Alabama), part of the cavalry corps under the command of Major General Joseph Wheeler.[11] Wheeler and Forrest operated in the area of Fort Donelson and Dover, Tennessee in February during the Battle of Dover (1863), at which time Col. C.C. Crews' was wounded in the hip.[10] Also wounded was C.C.'s younger brother, 1st Lt. Fleming Jordan Crews, second in command of Company A, 2nd Georgia, returning at the end of the year to command the company as a captain.[12]
Chickamauga
Further information: Union order of battle and Confederate order of battle
During the Battle of Chickamauga, Col. C.C. Crews commanded the 1st Brigade (General John A. Wharton Division, Major General Wheeler Corps) consisting of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Georgia Cavalry and Malone's Alabama Regiment. They captured Lookout Mountain, which earned Col. Wheeler, Morgan, Crews and Harrison a commendation in September 1863 from Major General Wheeler, "I tender my thanks for their zeal, energy and gallantry during the engagement".[13] In October, Crews' Georgia Brigade helped participate in the capture of McMinnville, Tennessee,[14] during Wheeler's October 1863 Raid.
Knoxville
Further information: Union order of battle and Confederate order of battle
In December 1863, Crews' Brigade, which consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Georgia (General John T. Morgan's Division, Major General William T. Martin's Cavalry Corps), was part of the Confederate forces under Lieutenant General James Longstreet in the Knoxville Campaign.[15] They earned a citation for gallantry in the Battle of Mossy Creek by General Martin, "I have never witnessed greater gallantry than was displayed by Colonel Crews and the officers and men of the First, Second, Third and Sixth Georgia Cavalry...Col. C.C. Crews deserves mention for his skill and bravery".[16][17]
Atlanta
Further information: Union order of battle and Confederate order of battle
With the start of the Atlanta campaign, Col. C.C. Crews commanded a regiment under General Alfred Iverson, Jr. (General Martin's Division, Major General Wheeler's Corps) in April 1864.[18] Col. C.C. Crews personally received the surrender of the highest ranking Union officer of the war, Major General George Stoneman[19] (future governor of California), during Stoneman's aborted attempt to free Union prisoners at Andersonville prison.[20] A local newspaper at the time reported, "...a flag of truce was sent by Gen. Stoneman to Col. Crews, proposing an unconditional surrender of the whole of his command...Col. Crews received the flag, and ordered Stoneman's army to stack arms. Six hundred cavalry and two pieces of artillery immediately obeyed the order...".[21] Also captured was Stoneman's aid, Myles Keogh, later a casualty of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. During Wheeler's Raid of 10 Aug.-10 Sept. 1864, Crews' Georgia Brigade participated in the Second Battle of Dalton,[22] raids in middle Tennessee,[23] and skirmishes in Florence, Alabama.[24] More skirmishes continued in Alabama during the month of October.[25] November 1864 found the Crews' Brigade around Macon fighting the Union's Col. Atkins' 2nd Brigade Cavalry.[26] In December 1864,[27] the Brigade participated in the Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia, part of Sherman's March to the Sea, which culminated in helping Lieutenant General William J. Hardee's evacuation of Savannah, Georgia.[28] The year ended with this note from Major General Wheeler, "...Allen, Humes, Anderson, Dibrell, Hagen, Crews, Ashby, Harrison and Breckenridge and many other brave men whose gallantry you have so often witnessed are here still to guide and lead you in battles yet to be won..".[29]
Carolinas
Further information: Union order of battle and Confederate order of battle
During the Carolinas campaign Col. C.C. Crews commanded his Crews' Brigade consisting of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 12th Georgia Cavalry (General William W. Allen's Division, Major General Wheeler's Corps) and was recommended to be promoted to Brigadier General at the beginning of 1865.[30] In February 1865, C.C. operated in the area of Augusta, Georgia, the Upper Three Runs area of Aiken, South Carolina, and the Saluda River area of Columbia, South Carolina under orders of Major Generals D.H. Hill and Benjamin F. Cheatham.[31] Col. Crews commanded cavalry in the area of Salisbury, North Carolina and High Point, North Carolina at the end of April under orders of General J.E. Johnston.[32] Col. Charles C. Crews and Capt. Fleming Jordan Crews were paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 3, 1865, under terms agreed between General Joseph E. Johnston and Major General William Tecumseh Sherman on April 26, 1865.[10] In a final message from Major General Wheeler to his Corps, he pointed out "...Colonels Crews, Cook and Pointer...are still disabled from wounds...",[33] the second time C.C. Crews' was wounded in action, "...while most nobly carrying out my orders upon the field."[34]
Later life
C.C. Crews house in Hillsboro, NM. His private practice was located in the front two rooms.[35]
C.C. partnered with James John McDonald as a pharmacist in Cuthbert for five years[36] before becoming the Treasurer of the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad Company.[37] C.C. moved his family, his uncle Martin Mortimer Crews, his two brothers Dr. Leonidas Crews (New York University School of Medicine Class of 1855[38] and Assistant Surgeon CSA[39]) and Fleming Jordan Crews, and their families to Texas in 1875.[40] He then moved his family on to Hillsboro, New Mexico in 1879, where he practiced medicine until his death from pneumonia in 1887. C.C. Crews is buried in Hillsboro.
Relations
C.C.'s younger brother, George Crews, served in the 35th Georgia Regiment (Edward L. Thomas commanding) from 1861 and fought in the Second Battle of Bull Run. Seven Days Battles and the Battle of Fredericksburg before dying in 1863 of pneumonia in General Hospital No. 17, Richmond, Virginia.[41] Another younger brother of C.C.'s was Lt. Col. James Mortimer Crews,[42] who commanded the Crews' Battalion[43] (Col. Robert Trabue's 1st Brigade, General John C. Breckinridge's Reserve Corps), which fought in the Battle of Shiloh and earned a citation from Col. Trabue, "Lieutenant Colonel Crews behaved well".[44]
Further information: Union order of battle and Confederate order of battle
After the battle, his battalion was consolidated into Company F, 9th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (Mounted) and Lt. Col. James M. Crews was discharged. He briefly became a POW (2\endash 9 October 1862) of General James S. Negley's at Roseville, Kentucky, before becoming an Inspector General on General N.B. Forrest's staff in 1863.[45] At the end of 1863, he took command of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Forrest's) before being paroled 11 May 1865 in Gainesville, Alabama as part of the surrender of Richard Taylor to Major Gen. Edward Canby.[46]
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General Notes: Wife - Martha Hampton Gunn
Husband Charles H. Crews
Born: 12 Sep 1887
Christened:
Died: 16 Jun 1970
Buried: - Manntown Cemetery, Glan Saint Mary, Baker County, Florida
Father: Roger C. Crews
Mother: Mary Ezulia Thompson
Marriage: 27 Jan 1906
Wife Missouri Rewis
Born: 18 Jun 1886
Christened:
Died: 15 Jan 1960
Buried: - Manntown Cemetery, Glan Saint Mary, Baker County, Florida
Children
1 F Minnie Leona Crews
Born: 20 Jan 1909 - Bradford County, Florida, USA
Christened:
Died: 12 Oct 1996 - Florida
Buried: - Manntown Cemetery, Glan Saint Mary, Baker County, Florida
2 M Acie Roger Crews
Born: 11 Dec 1910 - Baker County, Florida, USA
Christened:
Died: 19 Nov 1991 - Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
Buried: - Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
3 F Nona Mae Crews
Born: 4 Nov 1915
Christened:
Died: 19 Jun 2005
Buried: - Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
4 M Reverand Barney Crews
Born: 28 Feb 1917
Christened:
Died: 15 Dec 1986 - Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
Buried: - Manntown Cemetery, Glan Saint Mary, Baker County, Florida
5 M John C. Crews
Born: 30 Oct 1918
Christened:
Died: 18 Dec 1975
Buried: - Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
6 F Thelma Crews
Born: 17 Oct 1922
Christened:
Died: 23 Jul 1989
Buried: - Manntown Cemetery, Glan Saint Mary, Baker County, Florida
General Notes: Husband - Charles H. Crews
General Notes: Wife - Missouri Rewis