This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.myers/6460.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If Rankin County is right on the Mississippi they maybe belong to the 1793 Riverboat Jacob Myers family of Pittsburgh. The Myers land grant is right next to Rankin Thownship 6 miles up river from Pittsburgh near McKeesport.