My father is a son of Thomas Aaron Crawford, who was a son of John C. Crawford. The Crawford family of this article is a large family that is currently concentrated in the Wiregrass region of southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida.
Individual members reside throughout the United States.
Other branches of this family undoubtedly exist, but are not yet known to the author. There appears to be little written on this family, and there are mistakes in the material that is written on this family. This article is intended to address this lack of published information and to stimulate interest in this family so that answers to the questions may become known. The organization of this article will follow the line of the author's enquiry into this family. This organization, perhaps unusual for an article in genealogical research, aids significantly in clarifying what is and isn't known about this family.