Hi everybody. I would have posted sooner but I was unaware of this thread until today.

The discharge document is in the possession of some members of my family. P.J. Myers kept it in his Bible until his death. The now-owner of the Bible gave it to two sisters who are relatives of mine, Bernice and Nancy McIntosh. They contacted me recently and provided me with the scanned file. They are both retired and are going all out in their work on family history. They have some fascinating pictures. Unfortunately, the discharge is an Adobe document that I can't figure out how to put online, but if you will email me, I will be happy to send it as an attachment. The document is also posted in Ancestry.com which doesn't allow non-members to access. Whether this will end the debate about Myers' service is of no concern of mine, but it should be reported that there is such a document in possession of the family.

I'm a professor at Ole Miss, and I am finishing a book about the opponents of secession in Mississippi. Most of them decided to join the Confederate cause even after registering their opposition. In reality, they had to shut up and try to cooperate because there were bands of "minute men" roaming the state all too willing to shoot or beat anyone opposed to the Confederacy. The fact that P.J.'s son, David Crockett Myers, enlisted (no evidence he was drafted) in the Confederacy says something about P.J.'s stance.

One thing that makes my work so hard is that the Secession Convention refused to publish the comments of those who voted no. One member of the convention published a book later which contained some of the opposition sentiments, and it is really fascinating. He is the only member of the convention who refused to sign the article of secession. (William Wood of Attala county).

P.J. Myers' grave is in rural Forrest County. It's along the Leaf River which floods frequently. I've been there, but it's quite a hike to the area and you can't drive to it unless you have a four-wheel jeep. Even then, I have ripped up one tire going to the graves (Renvy his wife is buried next to him). Also, the grave markers have been stolen several times throughout the years.

I'm P.J. Myers' great-great- granddaughter and would love to correspond. My book concerns many other people, and P.J.'s opposition was such a small part of the effort, but I'm still very interested in my family history.

Nancy McKenzie Dupont