Old Dan Tucker
Rev. Daniel Tucker owned a large plantation on the Savannah River and is buried near his old homesite, ´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 cmpoesed the many verses of the famous ditty, ´Old Dan Tucker´, a favorite song at corn shuckings and other social gatherings.
GHM 052-12 Georgia Historical Commission 1957
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.