Decatur County, Tennessee Compiled Genealogies

General
As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Decatur County, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 10,000 entries.


 * Decatur County, Tennessee History and Families. Paducah, Ky.: Turner's Publishing Co. Publisher's description.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Decatur County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [Doss] Multiple descendants of Rev. John Wesley Doss, b. abt 1809 Virginia, resident of Decatur and Carroll counties, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 40282, 88650). Genetic signatures available online (labeled Jw-1 and Jw-2), genealogical description available online, courtesy: The Doss DNA Project, World Families. Matches have been found.