A logo for holden moss certified public accountants

Certified Public Accountant

Crawford Knott

Crawford Knott has concentrated his practice over the last forty-plus years in tax planning engagements for small businesses, individuals, estates, and trusts since joining the accounting firm in January 1978.



Crawford was mentored by the firm’s founding partner George W. Holden, Jr., that in order to effectively serve the general public that first, you need to listen and fully understand the client’s particular situation and lifetime objectives.


Crawford is presently working with some third-generation clientele. He was admitted as a firm partner in June 1985.


Crawford has worked intensively with other professionals over the years to develop and implement comprehensive business and estate transitions, which have achieved numerous charitable and personal financial goals for the firm’s clients.


Crawford helps clients with business type selection and continuation, whether it should be operating as a partnership, C Corporation, S Corporation, proprietorship, or Limited Liability Company.


Education
UNC-Chapel Hill (BS in Business Administration, Phi Beta Kappa, December 1977)

Admitted to Practice
North Carolina State Board of CPA Examiners – May 1980


Community and Professional Activities

  • Past Chair of NC Association of CPAs Professional Ethics Committee
  • Past two-term President of Oxford Rotary Club
  • Past President of Granville County Chamber of Commerce
  • Past Member of Granville County System Foundation
  • Past Chair of Oxford United Methodist Church 1991
  • Renovation Committee and member of several recent Church committees
  • Current Board member and Treasurer of Boys & Girls Club of North Central North Carolina
  • Current member of American Institute of CPAs and North Carolina Association of CPAs
  • Current Board member and Chair of Executive Committee of Union Bank, a community bank based in Greenville, NC with 14 branches.


Outside of the Job Hobbies

  • Loves spending time with soon-to-be-wife Patricia Hammond of Oxford
  • Loves spending time with his two sons and their wives and new grandson
  • Loves time on family farms maintaining pastures, buildings, roads, and timber
Share by: