Photograph of Charlie and Ollie Tucker. Charlie Tucker was born in 1866, just after slavery ended. His young bride, Ollie Grogan, was born in 1875 and the couple married in 1894 about the time this picture was made. They farmed the land and did other odd jobs to raise their family. Charlie sold snacks in Dobson on court day, worked for a Mount Airy merchant driving goods in a wagon to Winston-Salem for sale, and occasionally traveled to West Virginia to work in the coal mines. Ollie took in
washing. They also diligently bought up every little parcel they could afford, accumulating a sizable piece of land which is still home to several members of the family as well as the family cemetery.
Crop Lien and Chattel Mortgage between Charlie Tucker and Winston Salem Production Credit Association includes 69 acres of land plus livestock, wagons, plows, cultivators tobacco barn flues and sticks . Lien satisfied on October 1, 1943.