A naval hero, Commodore Stephen Decatur, is who discovered Decatur County and who it is named after it (Taylor 473). He was born in 1779 and he died in 1820 (Beatty 674). Stephen Decatur was famous for the wars with the Mediterranean pirates in 1803 and 1815, and also the conflict in England in 1812. He is remembered in history for a toast he made in 1816: “Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.” Decatur was also an experienced duelist and he died in 1820 from wounds he received in a pistol conflict (Taylor 473). Decatur County was discovered in December of 1821. It became official in March of 1822 that Decatur County was a county (Beatty 674). In April and May of
