YESTERDAY'S DECATUR COUNTY

Decatur County, Tennessee History Page

General War

• War, Lillye Younger
• Wars, Lillye Younger*
• Photographs*

Revolutionary War

• Tennessee Pension Roll of 1835*, William R. Navey

Civil War

• Confederate Widow's Application - Mary Ellender Orr Ivey, Brenda Kirk Fiddler
• Grand Army of the Republic - Decatur County Chapter
• The Civil War Remembered: Items from Area Newspapers, compiled by Brenda Kirk Fiddler (mostly Henderson County items)*
• Civil War Veteran Obituaries and Death Notices, compiled by Brenda Kirk Fiddler (compiled mostly from the Lexington Progress, but mentions several Decatur countians)*
• 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, U.S.A. (Also called 1st West Tennessee Cavalry Regiment), TNGenWeb
• 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Decatur County Union Soldiers
• Keeton Store
• Red House

World War I

• Tennessee World War I Veterans: Decatur County
• Mr. Tolley Recalls World War I, Lillye Younger
• World War I Ending Vivid in vet's Mind, Lillye Younger

World War II

• Everett Leon Ivey (1918-1942) (photograph)
• Wolf Creek Ordnance Plant - Milan Ordnance Depot

Korea

• Glenn Douglas Joyner (photograph)

Vietnam

• Copter Pilot Feels Lucky, Lillye Younger
• There Are So Many Orphans, Lillye Younger
• Vietnam Orphans' Plea: Give Me, Lillye Younger
• You Never See a Healthy Looking Vietnamese, Lillye Younger

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.