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Boundary Commission to survey the boundary between the United States and the Creek Nation. The Commission was headquartered at Fort Decatur. On September 24, 1815, Sevier died and was buried at Fort Decatur. Sevier's remains were reinterred at the
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assisted Milton in surveying the site of Fort
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Alabama Anthropological Society in 1931. The remains of the fort are located on the grounds of
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in March 1814. Fort
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A post office operated under the name Fort Decatur from 1839 to 1859.
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Fort Decatur (located in the center) as portrayed in
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