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George Washington “Wash” Durant Sr.

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George Washington “Wash” Durant Sr.

Birth
Walton County, Florida, USA
Death
15 May 1915 (aged 68)
Crossroads, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
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Crossroads, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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It is said that George Washington Durant had a dark complection and was of Creek or Cherokee Indian descent. In census records his father, Josph Durant, is listed as being born and Frances and his mother, Martha Caroline, born in Georgia.

He got things done in the Crossorads Community. Julia (Hurley) Rider had memories of him, as she drank coffee with him in the mornings.

George came to Crossroads about 1874 and homesteaded 160 acres of land. The house he built was a double-pen house with a wide dog-trout in the middle of it. George was an engineer on the train from Mobile to Montgomery. He would walk about 3 miles to Hurricane station.

In 1910, G. W. Durant and his family built the Durant Chapel (Missionary) Baptist Church. George donated the land and the building materials. The building also served as Crossroads School until about 1920. It is said that the land was given to George by a black man to build a church and cemetery with the understanding that the black people of the community would be able to share the cemetery. Even today there is a part of the cemetery were the black pioneers are buried, and it is still active.

G.W. Durant served as the superintendant of the Sunday School class of Durant Chapel Baptist Church.
It is said that George Washington Durant had a dark complection and was of Creek or Cherokee Indian descent. In census records his father, Josph Durant, is listed as being born and Frances and his mother, Martha Caroline, born in Georgia.

He got things done in the Crossorads Community. Julia (Hurley) Rider had memories of him, as she drank coffee with him in the mornings.

George came to Crossroads about 1874 and homesteaded 160 acres of land. The house he built was a double-pen house with a wide dog-trout in the middle of it. George was an engineer on the train from Mobile to Montgomery. He would walk about 3 miles to Hurricane station.

In 1910, G. W. Durant and his family built the Durant Chapel (Missionary) Baptist Church. George donated the land and the building materials. The building also served as Crossroads School until about 1920. It is said that the land was given to George by a black man to build a church and cemetery with the understanding that the black people of the community would be able to share the cemetery. Even today there is a part of the cemetery were the black pioneers are buried, and it is still active.

G.W. Durant served as the superintendant of the Sunday School class of Durant Chapel Baptist Church.

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  • Created by: The Wanderer
  • Added: Feb 11, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8377143/george_washington-durant: accessed ), memorial page for George Washington “Wash” Durant Sr. (5 Sep 1846–15 May 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8377143, citing Durant Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Crossroads, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by The Wanderer (contributor 26488191).