Christopher Decker

Christopher Decker[1]

Male Abt 1755 - 1808  (~ 53 years)

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  • Name Christopher Decker 
    Born Abt. 1755  Standorf, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Birth information found on Ancestry.com and has not been otherwise verfied.
    Gender Male 
    Died Jan 1808  Lincoln County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Eaker, p. 138: ""Christopher [Decker] makes will April 8, 1807 which was probated January 1808 in Lincoln County"

      The filmstrip image of this will is on Ancestry.com, Images 1141-1143.
    Person ID I13181  Complete
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2020 

    Family Elizabeth Unknown,   b. Abt. 1755, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1814  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Decker
     2. Elizabeth Decker
     3. Margaret Decker
    +4. Mary Decker
     5. George Decker
    +6. Eve Decker,   b. Abt. 1770, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft. 1860, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 91 years)
    +7. Michael Decker,   b. Abt. 1774, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1828, Harrison, Harrison County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
     8. Christopher Decker,   b. Abt 1775
     9. Frederick Decker,   b. Abt. 1780, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1837, Smith County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)
    Last Modified 25 May 2012 
    Family ID F6392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt. 1755 - Standorf, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Jan 1808 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S37] Germans West of the Catawba, Lorena Shell Eaker, (Location: Tennessee;), GS 929.3756 E11., pp. 137-138.
      "29 Dec 1792 Christopher [Decker] entered 150 Acres on Lick Run," Lincoln, NC.

      Other references:

      http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=daisybalch&id=I4043

      "Johann Adam Bolch III (21 Jan 1779 Lincoln County, NC-1847 Catawba County, NC . . .

      3 Nov 1802 Christopher DECKER Sr., Lincoln Conty to MICHAEL HERMAN same, for $200 US money, sold 199 acres border: PETER GRUNT, a division line between said MICHAEL HERMAN and CHRISTOPHER DECKER, an old line. BARGES PHELPS, GEORGE DELL, ADAM BOLICK, & FREDERICK GRAVES, part of a grant Oct 28 1782 to Everhart RICKMAN and sold Oct 9 1799 by Wm COOPER to Christopher DECKER.
      signed: Christopher Decker's mark x
      Wm HARBESON & (?), German signature
      proved: July 1813 book 26 p. 3."


      Received from Kathy Jones:

      Eaker, p. 138. Lincoln County, North Carolina Wills:

      "Christopher [Decker] makes will April 8, 1807 which was probated January 1808 in Lincoln County Court of Ps & Qs [Court of Pleas and Quarterly Sessions]: Wife Elizabeth; gr. son John McGee whom I have raised; dau. Barbara; son Christopher; sons George, Michael and Frederick; Daus. Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret and Eve. Note: All of Christopher Decker's sons owned land, 1790s-1808" according to Lincoln County records."
      Roy Richard Thomas May 2012