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== History Tidbit  ==
*'''1821'''--'''Decatur County''' was formed 17 December 1821 from [[Jackson County, Alabama]].
*'''1824'''--Abolished 28 December 1824 for want of minimal area, and her territory was divided between [[Madison County, Alabama Genealogy|Madison]] and [[Jackson County, Alabama Genealogy|Jackson]] counties.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Decatur County, Alabama" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at (accessed 27 August 2012).</ref>


[[Image:Stephen Decatur.JPG|thumb|right|400px]]  
For [[Decatur_County,_Alabama|Decatur County]] records, see [[Madison County, Alabama Genealogy|Madison]] and [[Jackson County, Alabama Genealogy|Jackson]] counties.


The county was 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>
=== References  ===


*'''1821'''--Decatur County was formed 17 December 1821 from Jackson County.
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*'''1824'''--Abolished 1824 and the territory returned to Jackson County.
*For the records, see Jackson County.


== References  ==


*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:Jackson_County,_Alabama]]
[[Category:Jackson_County,_Alabama]] [[Category:Decatur_County,_Alabama]] [[Category:Extinct Counties of Alabama]]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:24, 19 December 2024


  • 1821--Decatur County was formed 17 December 1821 from Jackson County, Alabama.
  • 1824--Abolished 28 December 1824 for want of minimal area, and her territory was divided between Madison and Jackson counties.[1]

For Decatur County records, see Madison and Jackson counties.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Decatur County, Alabama" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at (accessed 27 August 2012).
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