Person:George Myers (26)

Watchers
George Myers
b.Abt 1758 Pennsylvania
  • HGeorge MyersAbt 1758 - 1808
  • WMargaret _____Aft 1760 - Aft 1808
  1. John H. Myers1773 - Bet 1858 & 1859
  2. George Myers1781 - 1882
  3. Mary Myers1782 - 1875
  4. Sarah 'Sally' MyersAbt 1790 - Aft 1840
  5. Abraham MyersAbt 1795 - Aft 1870
  6. Susan MyersAbt 1796 - Abt 1850
  7. Benjamin Myers1798 - 1875
Facts and Events
Name George Myers
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1758 Pennsylvania
Marriage to Margaret _____
Death? 1808 Nicholas Co., Kentucky

The Myers family mingled with the Shanklands in many ways.

According to various sources, George and wife Margaret had 15 children: Christena m. Wm. Peyton; Sally 1790- m. William Smart 1797-1829; John H. 1773-1859 m. Ruth Smart; David 1778-1850 m. Frances Foster; Elizabeth 1779-1810 m. James Frazier; Peter Samuel 1785-1849 m. Isabelle Kencart; Mary 1785- m. Humphrey Smart 1785-1869; Abraham 1786- m. Nancy Daugherty; Daniel C. 1789-1878 m. Eleanor Lockridge; Lewis 1790- m. Rosannah Ishmael; Benjamin 1798-1875 m1? Patsy Frazier, m2? Harriet Parsons; and Jacob 1803-1877 m. Priscilla Adams.
 Some sources show George as 'killed by a bar'.
 According to 'Kentucky Place Names', Myers Station "was named for the Myers family that settled here around 1790 on George Myers' Revolutionary War grant." {'Kentucky Place Names' by Robert M. Rennick, 1988, <googleBooks>}