Ruckersville, Georgia

John Rucker made a trip back to his old home in the year 1777 and returned to Georgia with Elizabeth Tinsley as his bride.

It was his son Joseph Whitner Rucker (1788-1864) who became Elbert County's largest slaveowner, first millionaire and one of Georgia’s most prominent citizens.

The Elberton Star, on September 19, 1929, wrote: "In the northern section of Elbert county, on Van’s Creek, and near an old Indian trail, is the town of Ruckersville, once a flourishing city of 600 or 700 people.

It had two schools, and an academy of which a Princeton graduate was principal..."[4] A post office called Ruckersville was established in 1823, and remained in operation until 1901.

[2] Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857–1916), an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was born in Ruckersville.