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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816137303321

Autore

Williams James L.

Titolo

Blazes, posts & stones : a history of Ohio's original land subdivisions / / James L. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus, Ohio : , : Compass & Chain Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-937378-52-7

1-937378-51-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (574 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Series on Ohio history and culture

Disciplina

333.109771

Soggetti

Public lands - Ohio

Land grants - Ohio

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: A History of Ohio's Original Land Subdivisions -- Land Act of 1785 -- The Old Seven Ranges -- The Ohio Company's Purchase -- The Donation Tract -- The Virginia Military District -- The Symmes' Purchase -- The Indian War of 1790-95 -- The French Grants -- The Land Act of 1796 -- The Greenville Treaty Line -- The United States Military Lands -- Congress Lands East of the Scioto -- Congress Lands West of the Miami River -- Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges -- Muskingum River Survey or Buckingham's Survey -- Refugee Lands -- Congress Lands Between the Miami Rivers -- Connecticut Western Reserve, Parts 1 and 2 -- The New Purchase, North of the U.S. Military Lands -- Fire Lands or Sufferers Lands -- The Twelve Mile Square Reserve -- Congress Lands South and East of the Meridian -- Congress Lands North and East of the Meridian -- The Michigan Meridian Survey.