I Mary Ivey, administratrix of the estate of Isah Ivey, deceased. doth by these presents, convey all the rights, title, claims and interest that I have to a certain Negro girl, named Nancy, slave for life, unto Susan Decker during her natural life ....
She died in Texas in 1888 and is buried in Wolf Valley Cemetery, May, Brown County, Texas. [3]
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9181135/susan-decker : accessed 01 May 2022), memorial page for Mrs Susan Ivey Decker (1825–18 Jan 1888), Find A Grave: Memorial #9181135, citing Wolf Valley Cemetery, May, Brown County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Tommy Ray McGary (contributor 47210960).
↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3MV-Y5F : 20 February 2021), Susan Decker in entry for Callie Jane Lester, 05 Jan 1940; citing certificate number 813, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,469.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLG-Y8N : 12 April 2016), S Decker in household of John Decker, Upshur county, Upshur, Texas, United States; citing family 295, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGD-GD8 : 12 April 2016), Susan Decker, Texas, United States; citing p. 5, family 41, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,106.
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