Ruckersville is an unincorporated community in Elbert County, Georgia.[1]

History

Ruckersville was founded in the 1773, and named after Ruckersville, Virginia.[2] The pioneering Rucker family maintained the Rucker House at the site, which still stands today.[3]

A post office called Ruckersville was established in 1823, and remained in operation until 1901.[4] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Ruckersville as a town in 1822.[5] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.[2]

Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857–1916), an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was born in Ruckersville.[6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ruckersville, Georgia
  2. 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 194. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  3. ↑ "Elbert County". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  5. ↑ Knight, Lucian Lamar (1917). A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians. Lewis publishing Company. p. 439.
  6. ↑ Shoemaker, Rebecca S. (2004). The White Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-973-7.

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