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Decatur County, Georgia Genealogy (view source)
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== History == | == History == | ||
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The county is named after U.S. naval officer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Decatur Stephen Decatur] (1779-1820).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_county_name_etymologies "List of counties in Tennessee"], Wikipedia.</ref> | |||
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'''1823'''--Decatur County was created 8 December 1823 from[[Early County, Georgia|Early]] County.<br>'''County seat:''' Bainbridge <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref> | |||
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== Places/Localities == | == Places/Localities == | ||