Editing Tucker, Georgia (section)

===Settlers===
The [[1821 Land Lottery|1821 Georgia Land Lottery]] opened portions of state land for settlement between the [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint]] and [[Ocmulgee River|Ocmulgee]] rivers, including present-day DeKalb County. The [[Muscogee (Creek) Nation]] ceded the land to the United States in January of that year, and drawings for lots measuring {{convert|202.5|acre}} each began in May in [[Milledgeville, Georgia|Milledgeville]], the state capital until 1868. The land grant fee was $19.00.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Fourth or 1821 Land Lottery of Georgia | publisher=Southern Historical Press, Inc. | last=Lucas | first=Silas Emmett Jr. | year=1986 | page=i}}</ref>

In 1821, the area that would become Tucker was in [[Militia (United States)|Militia District]] 572 in [[Henry County, Georgia|Henry County]]. The state created DeKalb County on December 9, 1822, and District 572 became DeKalb's 18th District, or the Brownings District, reportedly named for Andrew Browning.<ref>{{cite book | title=Georgia Counties: Their Changing Boundaries | publisher=Georgia Department of Archives and History, a Division of the Office of Secretary of State Max Cleland | last1=Bryant | first1=Pat | last2=Shields | first2=Ingrid | year=1983 | pages=50, 62, 67}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=A History of Tucker 1821-1942 | publisher=Tucker Historical Society | last=Timmons | first=Elias W. (Tim) | year=2013 | page=19}}</ref>

Among the thirty [[cemetery|cemeteries]] within a {{convert|4|mi|adj=on|0}} radius of Main Street, approximately 30 [[grave]]s belong to individuals born in the 18th century, four of whom are [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldiers. Twelve graves belong to [[Confederate States Army|Confederate soldiers]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Cemetery Record of Tucker, Georgia and Environs (DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties) | publisher=The R. J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation | last=Brooke | first=Ted O. | year=2012 | pages=189–190}}</ref>