Blazes, Posts & Stones

L. Williams James

Description

A culmination of decades of research on field notes, plats, correspondence, legislation, and observations of surveyors, cartographers, government officials, military commanders, Native Americans, early settlers, and land speculators, this volume is the first of its kind in nearly a century. Interweaving the history of Ohio and biographies of the individuals associated with surveying and mapping, Blazes, Posts and Stones is a must-read book about the non-sequential development of Ohio lands and its subdivisions. The book is complete with maps and figures and provides technical descriptions of them. An excellent resource for county engineers, but also for those who have an interest in Ohio history.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Local history
• Midwestern United States
• Surveying
• History of the Americas
• Human geography
• Ohio

Informations

• Publié par: University of Akron Press
• Date de parution: 26 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781937378523
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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Blazes, Posts, & Stones

Blazes, Posts, & Stones
A History of Ohio’s Original Land Subdivisions
James L. Williams

Compass & Chain Publishing ®
Columbus, Ohio * 2015
Publisher’s Note: This book has been printed on the best available paper.
Editorial Supervision: Denice W. Williams
Copyright © 2013 by James L. Williams
Manufactured in the United States of America
ISBN 978-1-937378-47-9
Contents
List of Drawings, Plats, and Maps
Author’s Note
A Note on the Maps and Plats
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Land Act of 1785
1 . The Old Seven Ranges
2 . The Ohio Company’s Purchase
3 . The Donation Tract
4 . The Virginia Military District
5 . The Symmes Purchase
The Indian War of 1790–1795
6 . The French Grants
The Land Act of 1796
7 . The US Military District
8 . Congress Lands of 1796 East of the Scioto
9 . Congress Lands of 1796 West of the Miami River or East of the Meridian
10 . Congress Lands of 1796 North of the Old Seven Ranges
11 . The Muskingum River Survey
12 . The Refugee Tract
13 . Congress Lands of 1801 between the Miami Rivers
14 . The Connecticut Western Reserve
15 . Congress Lands of 1805, North of the US Military Tract & West of the Muskingum River
16 . The Fire Lands or Sufferers’ Lands
17 . The Twelve Mile Square Reserve
18 . Congress Lands South of the Baseline and East of the Meridian
19 . Congress Lands North of the Baseline and East of the 1st Meridian
20 . Michigan Meridian Survey
Afterword
Index
List of Drawings, Plats, and Maps
f-1 Twenty Original Land Subdivisions of Ohio
f-2 Point of Beginning monument near East Liverpool
I-1 Township subdivision per the Land Act of 1785
I-2 Thomas Hutchins’ map of the Ohio Valley, 1778
I-3 Thomas Hutchins’ map of Pittsburg
I-4 Map of the south and west lines of Pennsylvania
I-5 Map of the Ohio River from Fort McIntosh to the surveyors’ camp
1-1 Map of the Old Seven Ranges by Thomas Hutchins
1-2 Map of the surveys of 1786 by Thomas Hutchins
1-3 Plat of Township 5, Range I by Absalom Martin
1-4 Plat of Township 3, Range II by Absalom Martin
1-5 Plat of Township 4, Range II by Absalom Martin
1-6 Plat of Township 6, Range III by Isaac Sherman
1-7 Plats of Townships 8, Ranges II and III, Old Seven Ranges
1-8 Examples of Township and Section corners in the Seven Ranges
2-1 Map of the Ohio Company’s Purchase by Rufus Putnam
2-2 Map of Washington County, 1788
2-3 Map of Fort Harmar, 1785–1789
2-4 Plat of Townships 1 and 2, Range VIII by Rufus Putnam
2-5 Plan of Campus Martius by Winthrop Sargent
2-6 Plan of the town of Marietta by Rufus Putnam, 1802
2-7 Plat of Township 12, Range XV, Ohio Company’s Purchase
2-8 Plat of Townships 8 & 9, Range XI, Ohio Company’s Purchase
2-9 Survey of 1,781,760 Acres for Alexander Hamilton by Israel Ludlow
2-10 Plat of Townships 8 & 9, Range XIV College Lands
2-11 Plat of Township 8, Range XVI, Ohio Company’s Purchase
2-12 Plat of Township 4, Range XV, Ohio Company’s Purchase
2-13 Plat of Township 1, Range IX, by Rufus Putnam
2-14 Plat of Townships 1, Ranges XI and XII by Rufus Putnam
2-15 Plat of the Town of Athens, 1800 by Levi Whipple
3-1 Map of the Donation Tract
3-2 Plat of the Donation Tract
3-3 Plan of Fort Frye, 1791
4-1 List of Virginia Military Warrants
4-2 Map of the Virginia Military District
4-3 Map of the rivers and creeks in the Virginia Military District
4-4 Plan of Chillicothe by Nathaniel Massie
4-5 Virginia Military Surveys on the Scioto River at Paint Creek
4-6 Map of V.M.S. in Paint, Buckskin, and Twin Townships, Ross County
4-7 Map of V.M.S. at the Forks of the Scioto River
4-8 Plat of V.M.S. No.1393 on the Scioto River
4-9 Plan of Franklinton, 1797 by Lucas Sullivant
4-10 Map of V.M.S. along the Greenville Treaty Line by Alexander Bourne
4-11 Map of V.M.S. No. 14147 between the Ludlow and Robert’s Lines
4-12 Survey by James Heaton connecting the Robert’s Line to the Scioto River
4-13 Map of Adams County, 1797
4-14 Map of Ross County, 1798
4-15 Plat and Description of V.M.S. No. 15882, Scioto County, 1851
4-16 Plat of V.M.S. No. 12566, upper and lower Twin Creeks in Ross County
4-17 Plat of V.M.S. No. 15890, Scioto County
4-18 Examples of Virginia Military Surveys
4-19 Virginia Military Surveys Nos. 13368, 13221, and 13168
4-20 Virginia Military Surveys Nos. 13339, 12634–12639, and 13088
4-21 Virginia Military Survey No. 13015
5-1 Plan of Cincinnati by Israel Ludlow
5-2 Map of the Miami Purchase of 311,682 Acres by Israel Ludlow, 1794
5-3 Map of Symmes’ Miami Purchase by John C. Symmes
5-4 Map of Fort Washington
5-5 Plan of Fort Washington built in the year 1789
5-6 Settlements of the Miami Purchase by John S. Gano, 1795
5-7 Plan of Dunlap’s Station, 1791 on the Great Miami River
5-8 Description of 311,682.28 Acres sold to John Cleves Symmes
5-9 Map of the John C. Symmes Purchase, 1794
5.5-1 Map of the Indian Campaigns of 1776–1786
5.5-2 Map of the Routes, Camps, and Marches of the US Army, 1790
5.5-3 Battles of the Miami Towns, 1790
5.5-4 Routes, Camps, and Marches of the US Army to the Wabash, 1791
5.5-5 St. Clair’s Defeat on the Wabash River, November 4, 1791
5.5-6 Routes, Camps, and Marches of the Legion of the United States, 1794
5.5-7 Map of the Battle of Fallen Timbers, August 20, 1794
6-1 Plan of Gallipolis in Township 3, Range XIV, Ohio Company Purchase
6-2 Map of the French Grants, 1796 by Absalom Martin
6.5-1 Township subdivision per the Land Act of 1796
6.5-2 Map of the Greenville Treaty Line of 1797 by Israel Ludlow, D.S.
6.5-3 Indian Boundary Line Point of Beginning at the “Crossing Place”
6.5-4 Map of the Indian Boundary Line to the Scioto River
6.5-5 Map of the Indian Boundary Line to the Great Miami River
6.5-6 Map of the Indian Boundary Line at the forks of Loramie’s Creek
6.5-7 Map of the Indian Boundary Line at Fort Recovery, 1799
7-1 Map of the United States Military Lands
7-2 Plat of Township 10, Range II by Absalom Martin, 1798
7-3 Plan of the Western District, US Military Lands by Israel Ludlow, 1797
7-4 Plat of the Western District, US Military Lands by Israel Ludlow, 1798
7-5 Plat of the United States Military District, 1798
7-6 Survey of part of Range XIII, U.S.M.L. by Israel Ludlow, 1797
7-7 Plat of Township 7, Range XIII US Military District by Israel Ludlow
7-8 Plat of Township 6, Range XX, US Military District by Israel Ludlow
7-9 Plat of Townships in Ranges XV and XVI, U.S. M.L. by Wm. C. Schenck
7-10 Plat of Township 2, Range XVI, US Military Lands, 1797
7-11 Plat of the United States Military District
8-1 Congress Lands East of the Scioto River, 1798
8-2 Plat of Township 5, Range XXII, Congress Lands East of the Scioto
8-3 Map of Ranges XII and XIII, Congress Lands East of the Scioto River
8-4 Plat of Township 11, Range XIII, Congress Lands East of the Scioto River
8-5 Plat of Range XII surveyed by Zacheus Biggs, 1798
8-6 Plat of Township 10, Range XI surveyed by Zacheus Biggs, 1798
8-7 Congress Lands East of the Scioto River, 1799
8-8 Plan of Survey of Range XXI, East of the Scioto River
8-9 Plat of Township 5, Range IX surveyed by Benjamin F. Stone, 1801
8-10 Plat of part of Township 16, Range XIV at Forks of the Muskingum
8-11 Plat of Zanestown (Zanesville), 1800
8-12 Plat of townships around Zane’s Grant on the Hockhocking River
8-13 Plat of Zane’s Grant on the Scioto River, 1799
8-14 Plat of Township 1, Ranges XXI and XXII on the Ohio River
8-15 Congress Lands East of the Scioto River, 1802
9-1 Congress Lands East of the Meridian, 1798
9-2 Congress Lands East of the Meridian, 1799
9-3 Plat of Township 15, Range I East by Daniel C. Cooper, 1800
9-4 Plat of Townships 11 and 12, Range IV East by Daniel C. Cooper, 1800
9-5 Congress Lands East of the Meridian, 1802
9-6 Map of the surveys of Piqua and Fort Piqua
10-1 Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges, 1799
10-2 Plat of Township 9, Range IX by Ebenezer Buckingham, 1799
10-3 Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges, 1801
10-4 Plat of Township 19, Range VI by Zacheus Biggs, 1799
10-5 Map of Columbiana County, 1803
11-1 The Muskingum River Survey
12-1 Map of the Refugee Lands
12-2 Plat of Township 5, Range XXII, Refugee Lands, 1801
12-3 Plat of Township 17, Range XVIII, Refugee Lands, 1801
12-4 Plat of Columbus by Joel Wright, 1812
12-5 Map of Franklinton and Columbus
13-2 Map of Dayton by Israel Ludlow, 1795
13-3 Plat of Dayton by Israel Ludlow revised by Daniel C. Cooper, 1805
13-4 Plat of Range IV, Between the Miami Rivers by Israel Ludlow, 1802
13-5 Plat of Range V, Between the Miami Rivers
13-6 Plat of Range VI, Between the Miami Rivers
13-7 Surveys Between the Miami Rivers, 1802
13-8 Plat of Township 1, Range VII, Between the Miami Rivers, 1802
13-9 Plat of the North 20 degrees West line by Israel Ludlow, 1803
13-10 Map of the Ludlow Line of 1803 and the Robert’s Line of 1812
13-11 Map of the survey Between the Miami Rivers, 1803
13-12 Map of the state of Ohio by Rufus Putnam, 1803
13-13 Map of Franklin County, 1803
14-1 Map of the Western Boundary of Pennsylvania, 1786
14-2 Surveys of New Connecticut by Augustus Porter, 1796
14-3 Plan for Euclid Township, 1796
14-4 Plat of the Salt Springs Tract, 1797
14-5 Map of New Connecticut by Seth Pease, 1798
14-6 Map of Washington County, 1788
14-7 Map of Jefferson County, 1797
14-8 Map of Trumbull County, 1800
14-9 Plat of Township 2, Range X, Tallmadge Township
14-10 Plat of Township 11, Range V, Harpersfield Township
14-11 Plat of Township 1, Range X, Springfield Township
14-12 Plat of Township 2, Range I, Coitsville Township
14-13 Plat of Township 8, Range XI, Euclid Township
14-14 Survey of 1806 by Abraham Tappen for the Connecticut Land Company
14-15 Map of the South Line of the Western Reserve