Old Dan Tucker - 052-12
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N 34° 04.404 W 082° 44.681
17S E 339011 N 3771667
A marker along highway 72 near the home site and burial place of Daniel Tucker.
Waymark Code: WM17N9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2007
Views: 38
The text of the marker is:
Rev. Daniel Tucker owned a large plantation on the Savannah River and is buried near his old home site, “Point Lookout”, six miles from here. Born in Virginia, February 14, 1744, Daniel Tucker came here to take up a land grant. A Revolutionary soldier, planter, and minister, he owned and operated Tucker’s Ferry near his home. He died April 7, 1818 - but not “of a toothache in his heel”. Esteemed by his fellow planters, he was loved by the Negroes who composed the many verses of the famous ditty, “Old Dan Tucker”, a favorite song at corn shuckings and other social gatherings.
The marker, # 052-12, was placed by the Georgia Historical Commission in 1957
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 052-12
Date: 1957
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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