Elberton, the county seat of Elbert County, was incorporated on December 10, 1803. The city was first called “Elbertville” and named for General Samuel Elbert of South Carolina who fought in the Revolutionary War. Legendary settlers like “Old Dan Tucker”, the subject of an American folk tune, and Nancy Hart, the Revolutionary War heroine, claimed Elberton as their home. Known as “The Granite City”, Elberton produces more granite monuments than any other city in the world. There are an estimated thirty-seven granite quarries where the famous Elberton blue-gray granite is quarried.