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Source: Memoirs of Georgia Containing Historical Accounts of the State's Civil, Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches of Many of Its People. Vol. 2. Atlanta, Ga.: Southern Historical Association, 1895. pp. 689-690. Contributed by Lori Thornton.

ELIJAH CRUMP, farmer, Henry, Franklin Co., Ga., son of Richard L. and Elizabeth (Kesler) Crump, was born in Franklin county in 1837. (For particulars respecting families of parents on both sides see sketch of Russell J. Crump in these Memoirs.) Mr. Crump was reared on the farm and received only a limited education at the near-by country schools. In 182 he enlisted in Company I (Capt. Chitwood), Thirty-fourth Georgia regiment, and gallantly participated in many of the most important battles of the war, continuing in the service until the surrender. He bore a part in the battle of Baker's Creek and the siege of Vicksburg, where he was captured, paroled and sent home. Rejoining the army he was with the forces in front of Gen. Sherman, south of Dalton, and in the defense of Atlanta. Although young, he discharged his duties as a soldier with conspicuous faithfulness and gallantry. On his return from the battlefield he rented land and engaged in farming—making and saving money. He made his first purchase of land in 1868, to which he has since added until now he has an excellent tract of 350 acres, on which he is successfully farming. Progressive, yet cautious, and a judicious manager, he stands among the foremost of Franklin county's farmers, and is one of her most substantial citizens. Mr. Crump was married in 1859 to Miss Harriett—born in what is now Banks county in 1839—daughter of William and Judy (Nason) Crow. Her parents were natives of Virginia, whence they migrated to Georgia and settled in Franklin county. He was a well-to-do farmer and was a soldier in the Seminole war. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Crump four are living: Martha J., wife of Matt Willy; Mary C., wife of William Kesler; Ida L., wife of James Looney, and Richard L. Mr. Crump is a member of the masonic fraternity and himself and wife are members of the Methodist church.

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