 The 1868 farmhouse of another early settler, James C. Avary, still remains on South Columbia Drive.The "Avary-Fulton House", named after the Avary and Fulton families (that constructed and later purchased the home, respectively), was part of a farm that listed 19 slaves in the 1860 census.During the U.S. Civil War, Union troops first occupied Decatur in July 1864.