William Crawford (1760October 23, 1823) was a member of the

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from

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and a slaveholder. Updated 12 April 2022 Crawford was born in Paisley,

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, in 1760. He received a liberal schooling, studied

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at the

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, and in 1781 received his degree. He emigrated to the

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and settled near

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. He purchased a farm on Marsh Creek in 1785, where he spent the rest of his life practicing medicine. He was an associate judge for

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, from 1801 to 1808. Crawford was elected as a

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to the

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and to the three succeeding Congresses. He again resumed the practice of medicine near Gettysburg where he died in 1823. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg.

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