yesterday's tennessee

Maps of Decatur County, Tennessee
Historical and Genealogical

from the research of James H. Hanna

James H. Hanna is a retired Civil Engineer.  He has done extensive research on the original land records of several West Tennessee Counties.  His Decatur County research has been published in a 20 page booklet with the content below.  The content has been edited slightly to remove the page numbers referenced in the original material.

Thanks to James H. Hanna for providing permission to publish this material.

• Commentary
• Approximate location of the 1820 Range and Section Lines, plotted on a modern map of Decatur Co.
• Plat of Perry Co. Civil Districts, as they were originally layed out in 1836, including the area later to become Decatur Co.
• 1845 plat of Perry County apparently made in preparation for the formation of Decatur Co.
• Excerpt from Mathew Rhea, Map of Tennessee (1832) including the approximate location of roads, streams, Range and Section lines.
• ACTS of the Tennessee General Assembly associated with the lands of Decatur and adjacent Counties.
• Map of Decatur Co. including boundary line changes associated with the above mentioned ACTS.
• Excerpt from Civil War Atlas (ca. 1865)
• Description of Decatur Co. Civil Districts as Recorded in 1870 County Court Minutes
• Map of Decatur Co. indicating the Civil Districts from 1860 thru 1960.
• 1962 road map of Decatur Co.
• Modern map of Decatur Co. including road names.
• Index to Decatur Co. Postmasters - Complete copy in Library