Editing Meigs County, Tennessee (section)

===20th century to present===
In 1985, the Meigs County Family and Community Education ("FCE") Club began a large quilt to commemorate the early history of Meigs County as part of Tennessee's 1986 Homecoming celebrations. It includes images of fourteen sites representing the early history of Meigs County. The central quilt design, including a map to locate the sites represented, was made by the late Flossie Bennett, a longtime leader of the FCE. A committee of representatives from Ten Mile, Peakland, Concord, Goodfield, and Decatur, decided which sites would be included.

These were the [[Elisha Sharp House]] (now the Sharp-Wasson-Worth House, c. 1825), the Stewart House (1830), R. H. Johnson's stable, Mount Zion church and Cemetery (1830), Zeigler's Mill (1850, previously called Gettys Mill), the Washington Ferry (1808), Pisgah Church (1818), the old gymnasium (c. 1822), the old Meigs County Courthouse (1904), the old Volunteer Electric Cooperative Building (1935), the Ashley House (1885), and the Sam Eaves Store (c. 1861). The quilt also included [[Hereford (cattle)|Hereford cattle]], since Meigs County is noted for its beef cattle.

The quilt was awarded "Best Original Design" at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum's Quilt Show. Initially displayed at the Meigs-Decatur Public Library, the quilt now hangs in the Meigs County Historical Museum in Decatur.<ref>Johnny Hutsell-Royster, "Meigs history told one stitch at a time," ''The Daily Post-Athenian,'' Athens, Tennessee (Wednesday, February 28, 2001), 12-13; "Meigs County historical quilt on display at library", ''The Daily Post-Athenian,'' Athens, Tennessee (date unknown, "1986 revisited").</ref>

A new building was constructed in Decatur to house the collection of the Meigs County Historical Museum. It opened in July 2002.<ref>Paulette Jones, "Meigs Historical Society Praises Nell Worth," ''The Daily Post Athenian,'' Athens, Tennessee, (July 23, 2010); Johnny, Hutshell-Royster, "$100,000 gift gives museum a boost," ''The Daily Post-Athenian'' (Thursday, February 15, 2001); and Ron Clayton, "$100,000 gift boosts Meigs museum fund," ''Chattanooga Times Free Press,'' Chattanooga, Tennessee (Friday, February 16, 2001), B2; and Johnny Hutsell-Royster, "Meigs Museum continues to grow and educate," ''The Daily Post-Athenian, Athens,'' Tennessee (Friday, March 26, 2004), C4</ref> The Meigs County Historical Museum houses many court and family records. On permanent display is a mural depicting Main Street in Decatur in the 1930s. The mural was funded by grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the VEC Customer shares program. It was painted by local artist Bill McDonald.<ref>[http://www.meigscountyhistoricalmuseum.com/id5.html Meigs County Historical Museum website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803002706/http://www.meigscountyhistoricalmuseum.com/id5.html |date=August 3, 2010 }}. Retrieved: March 11, 2013.</ref>