Members of the Tucker and Coleman families occupied the St. George Tucker House from 1788 until 1993. St. George Tucker moved to Williamsburg in 1771 and studied law at the College of William and Mary under George Wythe. In 1788, he purchased the dwelling now known as the St. George Tucker House and had it moved to face Market Square.
His descendent, St. George Tucker (1828-1863), is featured in the wedding portrait in this collection. Born to Henry St. George Tucker and Anne Evelina Hunter, St. George Tucker studied law at the College of William and Mary and served as clerk of the Senate of Virginia from 1851-1852 and as a clerk for the House of Delegates beginning in 1853. Through this involvement in the state legislature, he met and married Elizabeth Gilmer, who was the daughter of Governor Thomas Walker Gilmer.
Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1784-1851) was the son of the original St. George Tucker and Frances Randolph Tucker and the uncle of the second St. George Tucker. After graduating from the College of William and Mary in 1801, he worked as a lawyer in Charlotte County, Va. and later served as a circuit judge in Missouri from 1815-1830. In 1834, he accepted a post as professor of law at the College of William and Mary, where he worked until his death. The envelope addressed to Nathaniel Beverley Tucker in this collection dates from October 1834, the year of his arrival in Williamsburg.
From the guide to the St. George Tucker House Collection, 19th century., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
