This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Hi2.2ACIB/4344.3.1.1 Message Board Post: I was born in Salt Lick Ky> The Bourbon Iron works is located 1.6 miles from there and is a state historical marker. Jacob Myers was my 3xGrandfather, my line is Jacob,Josh,Lydia(m. Greenberry Shouse)Melvinis(m. Robert Dickerson)Myrtle(M.Thomas Bruce Staggs) Hansford (Staggs my Father b. 1908) Jacob built the first of his iron works while still young. He could not read or write English. He was with Boone on his first trip to KY. I have been working for many years on tracing my family. roniestaggsbost@yahoo.com. I live in southern OH and get back home about once a year.