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The population of the area grew after Andrew Jackson and John Overton bought this area from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. Decatur County was formed in 1846, Samuel McLeod, Samuel Brasher, Balsam Jones and David Funderburk as first commissioners purchased 25 acres from John McMillian and 10 acres from Burrell Rushing to provide the site for the town of Decaturville. The population of Decatur County was about 6,000 at this time and the town lots sold quickly. New stores sprang up around the square. The first court met in a log cabin on the west of the square. This building was used only for a short time until the erection of a two story frame court house, which burned July 3, 1869, destroying all the records except those in the Registrar and Clerk and Master's office.