Photo66666, I am extremely intrigued with the information you appear to be chocked full of. Over the last few years I took it upon myself to start working on some of the collateral lines of my particular Myers family, only to discover that they included some of the members of the Germanna people who were indentured, falsely, by Gov. Spotswood because he believed the lies of a crooked ship's Captain. How I know this is that because my mother is directly related to several of the families who were indentured by Spotswood in the early 1700's and I have, like John Blankenbaker (a distant cousin of mine through my mother's side) have done extensive research on this line. When I started working on those collateral lines I find Myers marrying Broyles, Blankenbaker, et al and find them, as well, in Crawford County, Indiana where my Dad was born and raised. My great-great-grandmother is Mary Yeager, wife of Israel Olinger, daughter of Daniel and Susannah Yeager (they were cousins), whose line is directly traced back to Germanna. My father's line does link into these folks. Indirectly. To be honest with you, I have this overwhelming feeling to pick your brains for the information that seems to be stored in it. Because when I started reading your messages, after my last posting (the numerous amounts of Henry Myers' who were all located in Montgomery County, Kentucky about the same time, and had no originality in naming their children, because they named their children pretty much, the same as each other, which, of course, makes it totally difficult to differentiate between the two Henry Myers) I felt some kind of connection there, especially with the collateral line research I've been doing. My e-mail address is debmckay@bellsouth.net, and I know that the hierarchy of the board loves for us to chat about our families on this format, however, my questions may steer us out of the Myers line. And I don't want to get "off topic" -- Deborah Myers McKay Knoxville, TN and Ten Mile, TN At 11:29 AM 6/9/2007, you wrote: >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/5523.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >If you look into the general meaning of Myers, it means farmer in >Germany and expert in France. It used as doctor in England. > >Governor Alexander Spotswood started Germanna. He did import many >Germans who knew iron making to work the iron words at >Germanna. The Myers family I am looking at seem to be from France >or at least have family from France and Switzerland. They are boat >makers and expert wood and iron workers. They also know how to >build a large stone iron works. > >One Myers family I am looking at is headed by Jacob Myers who built >the Slate Creek Iron Works in Kentucky. The Iron Works building is >well recorded in History. This Iron Works was built in the 1780's >from 10,000 acres of land given to Jacob Myers by Patrick >Henry. Patrick Henry is married to Gov Alexander Spotswood >granddaughter. Jacob Myers later sold the Iron Works to Thomas Dye >Owings with Owings family members in Kentucky and Baltimore. > >This same Myers family is noted in a Kentucky land distribution >Court Order as heirs to the Spotswood Family. On top of that, the >Myers family owns over 1 million acres of Kentucky land spread over >250 Land Grants from 1783 to 1786 all signed by Patrick Henry. > >This family is also noted in building boats in Pittsburgh connecting >Pittsburgh to the Slate Creek Iron Works in Kentucky. Coal from >Pittsburgh was shipped down river and iron items were shipped up >river to Pittsburgh. Then iron items were shipped overland on the >National Road (US 40) to Baltimore. The Widow Myers Tavern in >Pittsburgh is noted by George Washinton spelling it as the Widow >Mires Tavern. He visited the Tavern in the early 1770's and >recording the event in his notes. The Tavern is located at Turtle >Creek where General Braddock was defeated by the French in 1755. > >George Washington and Robert Spotswood fought along side General >Braddock when he was shot on that battlefield. Gen Braddock died a >day later in Uniontown PA. Story goes they buried him in the middle >of road on US 40. The Spotswoods are married into the >Washington's. The Braddock Battlefield later became the Myers Land >Grant at Turtle Creek. A wood tavern was later built on the land >around 1769. A stone Myers Block House was also built 1/2 mile from >the tavern at the mouth of Turtle Creek and the Mon river. It was >used as a boat dock for river shipping. > >This all started for me about 2 years ago when I found paperwork >that my Pittsburgh Myers family was somehow related to Gov Alexander >Spotswood. Since Gen Robert E Lee is also related to Gov Alexander >Spotswood, my Pittsburgh Myers family more or less went into hiding >in Pittsburgh or moved to Baltimore during the Civil War. Most of >the Lee family is also in Baltimore during the Civil War. > >I have way more on this but I think you get the idea of the >interrelationship of the Myers family to the Spotswood family who >started Germanna. > >Larry Myers > >Important Note: >The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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