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Dan Tucker ( February 14 , 1740April 7 , 1818 ) was a planter and ferryman.

He was born in Virginia, but took up residence on the Savannah River in Elbert County, Georgia , in the place called "Point Lookout". He was a soldier during the revolutionary war, a planter and a minister - but his chief claim to lasting fame was that he may have been the subject of the song " Old Dan Tucker " by Daniel D. Emmett .


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