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+''[[United States|United States]] &gt; [[Alabama|Alabama]] &gt; Decatur County''
-''[[United States|United States&nbsp;]]&gt;[[Alabama|Alabama]]&gt;County'' <br>
+== History Tidbit  ==
-== County Courthouse  ==
+* Decatur County was formed 17 December 1821 from Jackson County.
+* Abolished 1824 and the territory returned to Jackson County.
-== History  ==
+* For the records, see Jackson County.
-==== Parent County  ====
-==== Boundary Changes  ====
-==== Neighboring Counties  ====
-==== Record Loss  ====
-== Resources  ==
-==== Cemeteries  ====
-==== Church  ====
-==== Court  ====
-==== Land  ====
-==== Local Histories  ====
-==== Maps  ====
-==== Military  ====
-==== Newspapers  ====
-==== Probate  ====
-==== Taxation  ====
-==== Vital Records  ====
-== Societies and Libraries&nbsp;  ==
-== Townships and Cities  ==
-== Web Sites  ==
-*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=192501&subject_disp=Alabama%2C+Decatur&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog]. Salt Lake City, Utah.
 == References  ==
-For a period of four years there existed a county in Alabama known as Decatur County. It was located in what is today eastern Madison County, western Jackson County, and a small portion of northwest Marshall County. Records and Archives of Decatur County were transferred to Jackson County and were held by clerks of the County and Circuit Courts.
+*Alabama: Her History Resources, W. Brewer; pub. Montgomery, Alabama, 1872.
+*Alabama History, Joel Campbell Dubose; pub. Atlanta 1908
+*History of Alabama, Albert Burton Moore; pub. Chicago, 1927
+*History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Thomas McAvory Owen; pub. Chicago, 1921.
+*Report of the Alabama History Commission, Thomas McAvory Owen; pub. Montgomery, Alabama 1901
+*History of Alabama, Albert James Pickett; pub. Birmingham, Alabama 1878
-[[Category:Decatur_County,_Alabama]]
+[[Category:Jackson_County,_Alabama]]