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/6321.1.2 Message Board Post: Things have changed since the last time I posted. I am not sure how many Jacob Myers I am looking at. It might be three. The first documented Jacob Myers is the one who started riverboat service from Pittsburgh to Limestone in October 1793. He seems to be from Pittsburgh. The second documented Jacob Myers from Richmond VA who built the Slate Creek Iron Works in Kentucky and sold it to John Cockey Owings of Baltimore. This Jacob seems to be from Richmond VA but may have moved to Baltimore after the sale. The Third Jacob Myers has over 1 million acres of Kentucky land over 250 land grands all signed by Patrick Henry. The land grants were purchased in Richmond VA using treasury war bonds. This Jacob also seems to be from the Baltimore area. These may be three people or maybe all just one person. The only Myers family rich enough to purchase 1 million acres of land at about $1.50 an acre is the very wealthy Dutch Jewish Myers/Hays/Mordecai family line. The have family members in Boston, Road Island, New York, Lancaster PA, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Richmond Va and Norfolk VA