The year following Macon County’s formation, 1829, the county court contracted with Col. David Coleman to build a courthouse of brick for $3,800. This structure served until 1868, when a second courthouse replaced it.

In 1881, the county commissioners adopted specifications for a two-story brick building and hired contractor John B. Davis to construct it for $8,900. This structure stood until the county’s current courthouse was erected in 1972. The new courthouse was built on the site formerly occupied by the 1881 courthouse.