Welcome to
Decatur Co TN
"Tennessee Trails"
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I'd like to welcome you to our little portion of Tennesse Trails in conjunction with Genealogy Trails. We are a totally "free" website, dedicated to genealogy and history. My name is Christine Walters and I'll be your County Co-Ordinator. My plan is going to be placing the usual Births, Deaths, Marriages on the website as well as Bios, Obits and Local History. But along with all that we are interested in a more personal touch and will feature the "Pioneer Families" of the county. While I'm out searching for all these things I'd like to invite all of you to send me the interesting details of your ancestors. Any information you contribute is "owned" by you, you can make corrections or changes at any time. There is a page to list the surnames you are interested in, along with a link to your email so others can get in touch with you immediately. This isn't the place to park your family tree, but it is the place to present the history behind it, to show off the ones who "blazed" the trails. I live in Henderson County so I'm just a short distance away.. lets get to know each other. Sorry -- but I don't have the time or the resources to do personal research |

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HISTORY of DECATUR COUNTY
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HISTORY of DECATUR COUNTY
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| Decatur County, formed in 1845, was named in honor of Stephen Decatur, an early-American naval hero born in 1779 in Maryland, but raised in Philadelphia, PA. At the age of 19 he joined the U.S. Navy, and rose rapidly in rank. He led some daring raids in the wars against the Barbary pirates along the coast of Africa, and returned home a hero in 1805. He remained in the Navy and commanded several ships during the troubles with Great Britain that led to the War of 1812. While commanding the USS United States, he defeated one of Great Britain's finest ships, the Macedonian. Following the War of 1812 he returned to the Mediterranean as commander of a squadron that defeated the Barbary pirates a second time. He returned to the United States again in triumph. Shortly thereafter in a speech in Norfolk, Virginia, he spoke his famous line: "Our Country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be right; but our country right or wrong." He went on to became a highly respected Navy Commissioner. He was killed in a duel on March 22, 1820. |
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If you have some cemetery headstone information or photos and want to share them with others ... click the above link But be sure and look at our Cemetery Listings first.. yours might already be on here. |
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