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John L. Myers
Genealogy of the Myers Family
1878
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{Page 1:}Genealogy of the Myers Family
Samuel Myers was born June 11th 1776 Phillidelphii Co. PA
Elizabeth Smith was born Shepardstown, VA
Samuel Myers & Elizabeth Smith was married in 1794
Names of their children
Polly Myers was born August 30th 1795 Botatort Co., VA
Jacob Myers was born Sept 25th 1798 Botatort Co., VA
James Harvey Myers was born Feb 19th 1801 Botatort Co., VA
John L. Myers was born Aug 7 1803 Botatort Co., VA
Samuel Myers Jun was born April 11 1806 Botatort Co., VA
Isaac S. Myers was born July 1811 Fayette Co., OH
Augustin Myers was born July 1814 Fayette Co., OH
Adaline Myers was born January 1818
John L. Myers, Catherine Vance, was married November 4th 1828
Names of their children
James V. Myers was born March 16th 1830
Elizibeth S. Myers was born February 20th 1832
Lucy C. Myers was born July 22nd 1834
Mary A. Myers was born Sept. 13th 1836, died Apr. 24 1886
John J. Myers was born Aprl 1st 1839
Marthy J. Myers was born Jun 25th 1841
Catherine Myers was born August 25th 1846
Addie V. Myers was born June 6th 1849
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Matthew Scott lived in the city of Philadelphia, PA, at the time of the time of the Declaration of Independence and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Trenton and confined on the ever memorable prison ship of the British seven weeks.
Mary Scott (daughter of the above Matthew Scott) was born Nov 8th 1877 Philadelphia, PA
Samuel Kirk and Mary Scott were married in 1795 and moved to Ross Co., OH, in 1798
Samuel Kirk died in August 1800
Gen. William Vance was born Sept 12th 1767 VA
Mary Kirk was born Nov 8 1777
William Vance
Mary Kirk was married March 1804
Children of William & Mary Vance
Elizabeth Vance was born February 13th 1805
Catharine Vance was born March 7th 1806
Leonidus Vance was born February 20th 1808
Elizabeth Vance was born February 20th 1810
Batteal H. Vance was born September 8th 1812
Marthey Ann Vance was born February 4th 1815
Joseph Scott Vance was born Nov 17th 1817
Isaac Cook Vance was born August 19th 1826
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Marriages in John L. Myers family
John W. Gillespie
Lucy C. Myers was married
James F. Cook
Mary A. Myers was married
J. J. Myers
Mary A. McCafferty was married Nov 20th 1866
M. W. Jones Martha J. Myers was married Jan 10th 1866
Peter Hess was born February 3rd 1844
Catherine M. Myers was born August 25th 1846
Peter Hess & Catharine M. Myers was married Dec 3rd 1867
Mathieu T. S. Myers was born Nov 8th 1849
Elisabeth Burnette was born Oct 6th 1848
Mathieu T. S. Myers & Elizabeth Burnett was married April 8th 1872
Allen Cherry was born March 29th 1855
Adaline V. Myers was born June 6th 1849, died Jan 2 '97
Allen Cherry & Adeline V. Myers was married April 10 1879
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Record of Samuel Myers Family, his children,
Polly Myers was born August the 30th 1795 and was married to Shrieve Pancoast June 1813
Jacob Myers was born Sept the 25th 1798, died June the 19th 1819
James Harvy Myers was born February the 19th 1801 and was married to Elizabeth Oliver the Spring of 1823
John Lewis Myers was born on the 7 day of August 1803 and was married to Catharine Vance on the fourth day of November 1828
Samuel Myers Jun was born on the 11 day of April 1806 was married to Elizabeth Green in the year 1835
Isaac Smith Myers was born July 1811 and was married to Elizabeth Vance in the year 1834
Augustin Myers was born in the year 1814 was married to Elizabeth Mantel in the year 1836
Adaline Myers was born January 1818 and was married to B. H. Vance in the year 1837
Deths
Col Samuel Myers died July 1849, Elizabeth wife of Samuel Myers died in the year 1838. Isaac and Augustin Myers are both ded at this date 1878.
Deths in the Vance family
General William Vance died the 1st day of August 1845
Mary S. Vance wife of William Vance died February 27, 1858
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Record of John L. and Catharine Myers family
John W. Myers and Catharine Vance was married November 4th 1828
Children of the above J. L. and Catharine Myers.
James V. Myers was born March the 15, 1830
Elizabeth S. Myers was born February the 20 1832.
Lucy C. Myers was born July 22nd 1834
Mary A. Myers was born September the 19th 1836
John Jacob Myers was born APril the 1st 1839
Martha J. Myers was born June the 25th 1841
Matthew T. S. Myers was born Nov the 8th 1843
Catharine M. Myers was born August 25, 1846
Adaline V. Myers was born June the 6th 1849
Deths
Catharine Vance wife of John L. Myers died Jul the 23, 1866.
James V. Myers died January 9th 1831
Elizabeth S. Myers died August 225th 1834
John L. Myers was the third son of Samuel and ELizabeth Myers, was a competent farmer of his day, was on of the first to bring fine cattle into Fayette County, in 1837 he bought the celebrated bull Mohawk from Clay and Strebelfrila of Kentucky which made such a fine improvement of that day, in 1850 was engaged with the Sioto importing company from England the bull Lord Nelson the Duram cattle. Served his country in the State Legislature in the Sessions of 1874 and 75, is still living at this date 1878 a tolerable active man.
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Genealogy of a part of the Scott Family and the Myers and Vance families
Mathew Scott lived in the City of Philadelphia, PA, at the time of the declaration of Independence 1776 and was a Soldier in the War for our Independence and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Trenton and convfined in the ever memorable prison ship of the British for seven weeks.
Mary Scott daughter of the above M. Scott the subject of this sketch was born November the 8 1777 in the city of Philadephia her parents sometime after her birth moved to Shipensburg in PA. She was there married to Samuel Kirk in 1795 and moved to Ross County OH in 1798. Mr. Kirk died in August 1800 leaving her a widow. She lived with her brother Doctor Joseph Scott and was married to General William Vance, then a member of the State Senate from Belmont county OH, in March 1804. William Vance was born Sept the 12th 1767 in the state of VA.
Children of William and Mary S. Vance
Elizabeth Vance was born February 13th 1805,
Catharine Vance was b orn March the 7th 1806,
Leonidas Vance was born February the 20 1808,
Elizabeth S. Vance was born February the 20th 1810,
Batteal H. Vance was born September the 8 1812,
Martha Ann Vance was born February the 4 1815
Joseph Scott Vance was born November 17th 1817
Isaac Cook Vance was born August 19th 1821
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Jacob Myers, the grandfather of the writer of this sketch, was american born and lived in Philadephia County PA. He was a hammerman by trade, was exempted from Military duty of account of his skill in working iron and all iron was drawn out under a forge hammer at that day, 1776. Jacob had 4 brothers, two of them were killed in the War of the Revolution.
Samuel Myers oldest son of Jacob and Cristena Myers was born June the 11, 1776 in Philadelphia County PA, moved from there to what was the called new VA Botatant County, there in the year 1794 he married Elizabeth Smith who was raised at Shepardstown in the Shenedoah Vally VA and in 1807 moved from Botatourt County to the first time to of Fayette County OH, then a territory. Samuel Myers taught the first school that was taught in Madison Township, Fayettte Co. He was one of the first Justice of the Pease in the county and served the people for thirty years in that capacity. Was the second Represertatives elected from the County in the State Legislature when it sat a Chillicothe 1812, he was also a member in 1818. Served his country in the War of 1812 in the capacity of a Captain of a Company and Major of a batallion. He organized on of the first Militia companies ever got up in the county the last office he held in the Military Department was a Colonel's commission.