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/4344.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: History clearly states Jacob Myers sold the Iron Works to John Owings of Baltimore. It's a google item and easy to look up. It might be true he could not read or write because of other issues with the family. If you looked at the Inlaws, Jacob Myers is very well recorded. The Slate Creek Iron Works made cannonballs under government contract for the war of 1812. Jacob Myers Jr Moved to Baltimore to get these contracts. Myers Jr most likely could read and write although his father might not have been able to do so. Note Dupont is also in Baltimore. The Government testing ground for ammo is in Baltimore.