Thank you all for replying to my query! Several of you had various possibilities for the William Myers in our family, and several of you had a William Myers in your own family that you weren't sure exactly what happened to him, so at this point we are not ruling any of them out. We are still hopeful however that one of these days we will somehow make a connection with someone who has it documented somewhere that their William also moved out West sometime before 1866, married a Cornelia Richardson, had 4 children: Edward Elmer, Mary E., Earnest and Marion. Then unfortunately, was scalped, killed and his remains burnt by the Indians at the "Battle of Silver Creek" on June 23, 1878 in Southern Oregon. His remains were covered over and left at the battle site, so there was no official grave. This battle was written up in newspapers all across the United States, however, because he was "just a volunteer scout" and not an actual soldier, the write up on him was sparse, with no mention of his family or where he was from. That is why I had hoped someone in York Co. might have heard of this tragedy in their own family lore! I will keep all of your replies, and if I am ever able to make a positive connection with you, I will let you know. Thanks again for checking! Kathleen

Have you posted to the Oregon Trail-L list? Maybe somebody on there would know??? Doneva Shepard in Oregon -----Original Message----- From: Kathleen Myers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 5:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PAYork] William Myers Thank you all for replying to my query! Several of you had various possibilities for the William Myers in our family, and several of you had a William Myers in your own family that you weren't sure exactly what happened to him, so at this point we are not ruling any of them out. We are still hopeful however that one of these days we will somehow make a connection with someone who has it documented somewhere that their William also moved out West sometime before 1866, married a Cornelia Richardson, had 4 children: Edward Elmer, Mary E., Earnest and Marion. Then unfortunately, was scalped, killed and his remains burnt by the Indians at the "Battle of Silver Creek" on June 23, 1878 in Southern Oregon. His remains were covered over and left at the battle site, so there was no official grave. This battle was written up in newspapers all across the United States, however, because he was "just a volunteer scout" and not an actual soldier, the write up on him was sparse, with no mention of his family or where he was from. That is why I had hoped someone in York Co. might have heard of this tragedy in their own family lore! I will keep all of your replies, and if I am ever able to make a positive connection with you, I will let you know. Thanks again for checking! Kathleen ==== PA-YORK-GEN Mailing List ==== This is the official list of the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library