History of Macon County, Illinois. With Illustrations Descriptive Of Its Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Published by Brink, McDonough & Co., Phildelphia, 1880. Reproduced through efforts of The Decatur Genealogical Society, 1972. p. 212 [Breckinridge County]. THOMAS ATTERBERRY, commonly called "Black Tom," built a house on section 8, in T. 14 N., R. 2 E., and moved his family of eight persons from Breckingridge county, Kentucky, in the year 1845. [South Macon Township]. About the same time Richard Atterberry moved from Grayson county, Kentucky, and settled on section 12, T., 14 N., R. 2 E. Atterberry = South_Macon-Macon-IL Grayson-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/breckinridge/atterberry.t.txt