John Walden Meyers (January 22, 1745 – November 22, 1821) was an Upper Canada businessman and United Empire Loyalist.
When the American Revolutionary War began, he left home for Quebec, reportedly receiving bear meat from a friendly native tribe en route.
[citation needed] In 1777, he joined the army of Major-General John Burgoyne and served as a recruiter for the loyalist forces, also collecting information for the British and carrying dispatches.
In 1790, he settled in Thurlow Township where he built a gristmill near the mouth of Meyer's Creek, now the Moira River.
John Myers was no exception - "he enslaved four black people, including two children, for at least 11 years.