This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: photo66666 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.myers/4344.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have been doing more work on this and I see a connection to Gov Alexander Spotswood the Governor of Virginia in the early 1700's. His family is married into the Washington's, the Lewis's and the Henry's. Records show the Slate Creek Iron Works was built on 5000 to 10,000 acres of land given to Jacob Myers by Patrick Henry. Patrick Henry is married to Dorthy Spotswood. Dorthy Spotswood is Gov Alexander Spotswood's grand daughter. Gov Alexander Spotswood is credited with introducing iron making into America. The Myers family is listed in a Spotswood court order issued in Kentucky for the Spotswood Family Estate to distribute land to all known heirs. The Myers family is listed in that court order. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

My gg grandfather, ANTHONY W. MYERS was born 1817 in NC (someplace). Census all show BOTH his parents were born in NC (someplace). I am STUCK in 1817 in the beautiful city and county of "(someplace)". 1. Where does one go to find MYERS before 1800s? 2. How does one find where that SOMEPLACE in NC is? 3. How does one find where MYERS came from in the 1700s (or earlier)? 4. What seems to be the consensus of the COUNTRIES MOST MYERS came from in the 1700s and maybe 1600s? 5. Those coming here BEFORE 1700, WHERE did they land in America? 6. WHEN did they come to America in the 1600s and 1700s? 7. WHY did they come to America in the 1600s and 1700s? Nickie Myers Shasteen

You Might try PA. most were German or Swiss-German Mennonite came early 1700's to PA. some came thru Holland, most to NY 1st, then PA.and most Myer(s) names were german spelling, try Meyer/Mayer/Moyer/Mier/Mior etc.. also ----- Original Message ----- From: "nickie" <nickie@texoma.net> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <myers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 1:50 PM Subject: [Myers] Myers BEFORE 1800 > My gg grandfather, ANTHONY W. MYERS was born 1817 in NC (someplace). > Census all show BOTH his parents were born in NC (someplace). > I am STUCK in 1817 in the beautiful city and county of "(someplace)". > > 1. Where does one go to find MYERS before 1800s? > > 2. How does one find where that SOMEPLACE in NC is? > > 3. How does one find where MYERS came from in the 1700s (or earlier)? > > 4. What seems to be the consensus of the COUNTRIES MOST MYERS came from > in > the 1700s and maybe 1600s? > > 5. Those coming here BEFORE 1700, WHERE did they land in America? > > 6. WHEN did they come to America in the 1600s and 1700s? > > 7. WHY did they come to America in the 1600s and 1700s? > > Nickie Myers Shasteen > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MYERS > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry MYERS Message Board are gatewayed > to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may > not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking > on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MYERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >