- Julia was born in 1827 at Huntsville, Alabama and died in 1886 at Jackson, Louisiana.
- On Sunday, April 25, 2004 from 2:00-4:00 P.M. at the Spring Street Historical Museum 525 Spring Street, Shreveport, Louisiana, there was a reception honoring the late Julia Pleasants Creswell, a longtime resident of Shreveport, Louisiana and the great grandmother of former Mayor James C. Gardner.
- She spent most of her adult life around Shreveport and was a prolific poet, authoring two books of poetry and one novel. She died in 1886 and is buried in the Greenwood, Louisiana Cemetery near Shreveport.
- Julia and David were married at Belle Mina, Alabama where Julia lived with her grandfather, Governor Thomas Bibb of Alabama, after her mother's death when she was thirteen. Shortly after the wedding the Creswells moved to Desoto Parish, Louisiana. While there they presented a Bible to the Keatchie Presbyterian Church where it still remains in the church foyer.
- Julia was a renowned author of three published books, including Callamura, a Civil War novel, set in northwest Louisiana. It was first published in 1868 by a Philadelphia firm.
- In 1926 the Shreveport Times wrote of the Creswells: "Husband and wife played leading roles in the early days of Shreveport, the former an incorruptible judge, the later a poetess who inspired men to perform noble deeds and look to higher things. The world is better that she should have lived." David and Julia Creswell have permanent monuments to their memory in Creswell Street, Creswell School and several Creswell subdivisions.
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