Decatur County, Tennessee

Date: Nov 1845 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee
Surnames/tags: Tennessee united_states

Welcome to the Decatur County, Tennessee Project!

Contents 1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 2 Ongoing List of Things to Do 3 Decatur County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 4 Geography 4.1 Decatur County Notables 4.2 Adjacent counties 5 Government Offices 6 Resources and Records 6.1 On WikiTree 6.2 On the Internet 7 Communities 7.1 Cities 7.2 Towns 7.3 Unincorporated Communities 8 See also 9 Sources

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.

Ongoing List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Decatur County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Decatur County profiles to the one tree
4. Church records of christenings, marriages and burials
5. Voter or citizenship rolls
6. Records of wills and estates
7. Records of slaveholders and enslaved persons
8. Land records
9. Tax lists
10. Muster lists for militia/military service
11. Add genealogy resources to this page
12. Add statewide resources to the main project page

Decatur County History

Decatur County was created in November, 1845, from part of Perry County. The county is named after Stephen Decatur, a U. S. naval officer in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Geography

Decatur County Notables

Adjacent counties

• Benton County (north)
• Perry County (east)
• Wayne County (southeast)
• Hardin County (south)
• Henderson County (west)
• Carroll County (northwest)

Government Offices

• Decatur County Government Website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Decatur County, Tennessee Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Decatur County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Decatur County Genealogy Trails
• Decatur County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Decatur County USGenWeb
• Decatur County USGenWeb Archives
• Decatur County Historical Society

Communities

Cities

• Parsons

Towns

• Decaturville - county seat
• Scotts Hill

Unincorporated Communities

• Bath Springs
• Bible Hill
• Dunbar
• Holladay
• Hopewell
• Lick Skillet
• Perryville
• Sugar Tree

See also

• Decatur County on Wikipedia

Sources