Landy Rucker (1854)

Born 1854 in Elbert County, Georgia, United States

Husband of Eliza (Ellison) Rucker — married 14 Dec 1876 in Cleveland, Arkansas, United States

Husband of Sarah (Hughey) Rucker — married 15 Dec 1887 in Jefferson, Arkansas, United States

Biography

Landy Rucker is a part of US Black heritage.

Landy Rucker was interviewed in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in about 1937 about his life and his time as an enslaved person.

"I was born in 1854 in the State of Georgia, Elbert County."

"We got here to Pine Bluff in '61. Oh, yes, I remember comin' here on the train and on the boat."

"Yes'm, I seen the Yankees bout a year fore the war ceasted. They come to get somethin' to eat and anything else they can get. Got the mules and things and took my two brothers and put em in the war. One come back after surrender and the other one died in the war."

"I been married twice. There was about eleven years betwixt the two marriages. I worked on the farm till about '85. Then I worked in the planing mill. I got hit by a car and it broke my hip so I have to walk on crutches now."

Interview: Landy Rucker was interviewed in Pine Bluff, Arkansas by Mrs. Bernice Bowden as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Landy Rucker - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 6; pages 92-93 images 97-98 of 376.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC4-SW7 : 28 May 2021), Landry Rucker in entry for Miles Rucker, 1870.

• "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7S3-NJK : 11 January 2020), Eliza Ellison in entry for Lundy Rucker, 1876.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW3-NWM : 13 January 2022), Luvona Rucker in household of Landa Rucker, Bowman Township, Cleveland, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MYVL-JZ1 : 9 March 2021), Entry for L C H Rucker, 15 Dec 1887; citing Marriage, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 983,667.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FC-QXV : 16 February 2022), Landy Rucker, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVW-4GJ : accessed 16 July 2022), Landy H Rucker, Pine Bluff Ward 4, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 3A, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 54; FHL microfilm 1,374,067.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ9-PG7 : 31 January 2021), L Rucker, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1YW4-NM6 : accessed 16 July 2022), Household of Landy Rucker, Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 5B, line 88, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 79; FHL microfilm 2,339,814.