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Office: Crawford County Sheriff’s Office – 21 Hortman Mill Road, Knoxville, GA 31050, situated approximately one mile east of Roberta; the office traces to 1823 and includes Administration, Patrol, and Investigation divisions, along with a communications center handling police, fire, and EMS dispatch.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: US-80 and US-341 serve Roberta, the county’s only incorporated city and population center; Knoxville, the historic county seat, is no longer an incorporated city (its municipal charter was dissolved in 1995), part of the Macon metropolitan area.
Notes: Crawford County was created in 1822 from part of Houston County, named for U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury William H. Crawford. The Georgia legislature designated Knoxville as county seat in December 1823, along a natural stagecoach stopping point on the Federal Road, the main route between Washington, D.C., and New Orleans. Knoxville’s own namesake is genuinely disputed among historians: some credit Revolutionary War General Henry Knox, though he had no known ties to Georgia and had died 15 years before the naming; others credit Hugh Knox, a local stagecoach operator who ran a half-way house known as the Knox House along the route.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Crawford County Courthouse – US-80, Knoxville, GA (built 2002, replacing the 1851 courthouse that still stands as a museum). The historic 1832 Crawford County Courthouse (Vernacular/Greek Revival influence, architect Henry Crews; National Register of Historic Places since 1980) served continuously from 1832 until 2001, making it Georgia’s oldest courthouse still in active use at the time of its retirement.
Notes: The separately NRHP-listed Old Crawford County Jail (built 1882, on US-42; NRHP since 1989), one of the oldest jails in Georgia, now serves as a museum for the annual Georgia JugFest and Old Knoxville Days festival, held every third Saturday in May.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Crawford County Veterans Services – confirm current contact via crawfordcountyga.org.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Crawford County Public Library (Roberta) – confirm current address/phone via the county library system.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The Old Crawford County Jail Museum, the historic 1832/1851 Crawford County Courthouse, and the annual Georgia JugFest and Old Knoxville Days festival are the county’s premier heritage attractions.
Notes: Crawford County is genuinely notable as the birthplace of two remarkable historical figures: Jefferson Franklin Long, born into slavery in Knoxville, who became Georgia’s first African American congressional representative and the first African American to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives (elected 1870, Reconstruction era); and John Pemberton, also born in Knoxville, the Confederate veteran and pharmacist who later invented Coca-Cola.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Crawford County Tax Assessor – confirm current contact via crawfordcountyga.org.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Confirm current dedicated shelter contact via crawfordcountyga.org; Crawford County Sheriff’s Office for animal control arrangements.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Crawford County Solid Waste / Planning & Zoning – confirm current contact via crawfordcountyga.org.
NOTES: Crawford County is the thirty-ninth county completed in Georgia’s Round 3 v2 redo, under the A+ sourced standard established for this project. The genuine, remarkable dual distinction of Knoxville as the birthplace of both Jefferson Franklin Long (Georgia’s first African American congressman) and John Pemberton (inventor of Coca-Cola) is among the most notable local facts covered anywhere in this project. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Crawford County County
Crawford County is middle Georgia’s Flint River watershed and peach country agricultural county – the rolling red clay terrain supporting peach orchards and row crops and the forested river bottomland define a small middle Georgia community where Knoxville serves the surrounding agricultural families between Macon and Columbus.
Knoxville (the county seat, population ~350) is Crawford County’s governmental hub, a tiny middle Georgia agricultural community on GA-42 whose farming economy and courthouse anchor its identity in the rural middle Georgia interior.
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Crawford County Tax Assessor at 640 GA-42, Knoxville, GA 31050, phone 478-836-3781. GA assessed at 40% of fair market value.
Courts & Legal
Crawford County Probate Court at 640 GA-42, Knoxville, GA 31050, phone 478-836-3782, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT (Records, Marriage Licenses)
640 GA-42, Knoxville, GA 31050
(478) 836-3328
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Probate Court of Crawford County (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
The Old Jail Museum (est. 1843) and Old Courthouse in Knoxville house documents and local history.
Museum of Southeastern Indians (west of Roberta) – Indian artifacts and Appalachian settler history.
Central Georgia Genealogical Society (Warner Robins) serves Crawford among 27 contiguous central Georgia counties.
Local societies
Central Georgia Genealogical Society (see above) is the primary regional resource; no dedicated Crawford-County-only genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Probate Court of Crawford County P.O. Box 420, Knoxville, GA 31050 (478) 836-3434
The 1832 Crawford County Courthouse served continuously until 2001, making it (until then) the oldest courthouse still in active use in Georgia. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places, alongside the Crawford County Jail and Georgia Post Building – all in the tiny community of Knoxville (2020 population: 65), whose own municipal charter was dissolved in 1995.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Georgia is NOT a Uniform Probate Code state and doesn’t use a simple dollar-threshold “small estate affidavit” like many states. Instead it offers several distinct shortcuts, each suited to a different situation:
Banking Affidavit – for intestate estates with less than $15,000 in bank deposits and no other assets requiring administration. No court filing needed at all.
No Administration Necessary (Standard Form 9) – available when all heirs agree on how to divide the property and there are no debts (or all creditors consent). Can transfer real estate without full administration, but requires unanimous heir agreement – any disagreement forces the estate into formal probate.
Year’s Support (Standard Form 10, O.C.G.A. Chapter 53-3) – a distinctively Georgia protection: the surviving spouse and minor children can petition for property sufficient to maintain their standard of living for 12 months from the date of death. This takes priority over virtually all creditor claims and even most specific bequests in the will. Must be filed within 24 months of death. No bond, no inventory filing, no creditor claims period required – the fastest and simplest path when it applies.
Formal Administration – Petition to Probate Will (Common Form or Solemn Form) or Petition for Letters of Administration, when none of the above shortcuts fit.
COMMON FORM VS. SOLEMN FORM (a distinctively Georgia choice)
Common Form: the executor files the will with supporting evidence and the court admits it without notifying all heirs – faster and cheaper, but leaves a 4-year window during which interested parties can challenge the will.
Solemn Form (Standard Form 5): requires notice to all heirs; once granted, it’s final and binding much sooner, closing off future challenges.
If formal administration is needed
File the appropriate petition with the Crawford County Probate Court – Petition to Probate Will (Common or Solemn Form) if there’s a will, or Petition for Letters of Administration if not.
The court issues a citation, published in the county’s legal organ once a week for four weeks (O.C.G.A. § 53-5-2), giving interested parties a chance to object.
After the publication period, attend the hearing for appointment as personal representative.
Once appointed, the court issues Letters Testamentary (with a will) or Letters of Administration (without one).
Send certified copies of the death certificate and Letters to all banks, brokerages, insurers, and retirement custodians; request date-of-death valuations and begin marshaling assets.
Obtain an EIN via IRS Form SS-4 and open an estate checking account.
Prepare an inventory of assets with date-of-death fair market values; the court may require this under O.C.G.A. § 53-7-30.
Pay debts and expenses in Georgia’s priority order (see below), then distribute remaining assets per the will or intestacy law.
What it costs
No Georgia state estate tax or inheritance tax.
Court filing fees typically range $100–$300 depending on the county.
Certified copies of Letters typically cost around $10 each.
Indigent petitioners may file an Affidavit of Indigency to request a fee waiver.
E-filing is available and encouraged statewide through platforms like PeachCourt or Odyssey eFileGA.
DEBT PRIORITY ORDER IF THE ESTATE CAN’T PAY EVERYTHING (O.C.G.A. §§ 53-3-1, 53-7-40)
Year’s Support for surviving spouse and minor children under 18.
Funeral expenses.
Costs of probate administration.
Expenses of the decedent’s last illness.
Taxes.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
640 GA-42, Knoxville, GA 31050
(478) 836-3118
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTIONS / VOTER REGISTRATION
640 GA-42, Knoxville, GA 31050
(478) 836-3328
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
GA Dept of Public Health — Central
(478) 836-3538
GA DFCS — Crawford
(478) 836-3393
GA Medicaid
(800) 869-1150
Navicent Health (Macon)
navicenthealth.org
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Crawford County Health Department – confirm current contact via crawfordcountyga.org.
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County Facts
County Seat: Knoxville
Population: 12,500
Area: 325 sq mi
Established: 1822
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