yesterday's tennessee

YESTERDAY'S DECATUR COUNTY

Decatur County, Tennessee History Page

General Histories

• Beacon School - 1945 and 2008
• Decatur County, from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee (1886)
• Decatur County - circa 1938, author unknown
• Dunbar Store, compiled by the Keeton Family
• First Newspaper in Decatur County, W. V. Barry
• History of Decatur County Past and Present, Lillye Younger (1977) (with photos)
• History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, Gordon H. Turner, Jr.
• Keeton Store
• Ledger from Dunbar Cotton Gin
• People of Action, Lillye Younger (1983)
• Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Decatur County
• Henderson County, Tennessee County History Series by G. Tillman Stewart
  (also contains some Decatur Co. material)
• Beech Tree Face Near White Homeplace
• Red House

Survey and Settlement

• Maps of Decatur County, Tennessee/Historical and Genealogical, James H. Hanna
• Perry County Boundaries
• Tennessee County Maps

This page is to help make Decatur County history more accessible by sharing over the Internet some of the materials which are available. 

Do you have a history of your church, school, community, or business?  How about your grandfather's farm journal or a story told by your grandmother about a memorable event?

Please contact me to share it with others.