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I've found the only cross, that I know of, for the Decker's and DeVore's. I've been in contact with these nice people.
http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:WuyIU9eTR8gJ:www.brookecountywvgenealogy.org/rsrcs2.html+Cross+Creek+Twp,+Washington,+PA+decker+land+record&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Hopefully that will come back with some information. In the meantime if you know anything of use please share. I've been looking a long time.
I found this in part of a book named "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania"
http://www.chartiers.com/crumrine/twp-b-monongahela.html
It happens that immediately after the treaty of Nov. 5, 1768, when the Indian title to lands comprising the southwestern counties of Pennsylvania was extinguished, the proprietaries or heirs of William Penn began the sale of tracts located in the new purchase to individuals at the rate of £5 for one hundred acres; and among those who then or very soon thereafter obtained patents for lands in this vicinity, situated on either side of the Monongahela, were Abraham Decker, Tobias Decker, John Decker, Adam Whickerham, Paul Froman1, Jacob Froman, and probably James and Jacobus Devore. The warrant though which covered the original plot of Williamsport was issued Aug. 26, 1769, and the land was surveyed for Abraham Decker October 26th of the same year. This tract, mentioned in the surveyor's field-notes as "Southwark or "Southwork," and in the proprietary records as Patent No. 3788, contained seventy acres, described as "adjoining the Monongahela River, and Jacob Froman and down the river, and Tobias Decker on the north." The description further said, "A stream enters the river on the upper side of the tract, which is shaped like a keystone, with the top butting on the river."
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