Mailing List:2000-11-29 17, Fw: Ohio, by John J. Whitney
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From: "speaksoft" <speaksoft -at- email.msn.com> Subject: Fw: [WHITNEY-L] Ohio Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:06:21 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- From: "speaksoft" <speaksoft -at- email.msn.com> To: "Maureen" <abc -at- empire.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Ohio > Maureen - Just a part of what is now Ohio was claimed by Connecticut. As > part of the original grant from the English Crown to the Earl of Warwick's > corporation known as the Council of Plymouth in 1630, a grant was made of > land from the eastern seaboard to the "western ocean" - the location of > which was unknown. Over time and many bitter disputes with neighboring > states later, CT's claim was reduced to the land west of PA which was an > extension of CT's north and south lines. In 1786, CT ceded to the United > States all her western claims except a 120 mile (east to west) strip along > the southern shore of Lake Erie, which CT reserved for itself, the "Western > Reserve of Connecticut". This land was then sold by CT to the Connecticut > Land Company, except the western 25 mile strip (the "Firelands"), which CT > had set aside for conveyance to the CT citizens (the "Sufferers") who had > suffered property losses at the hands of British troops during the > Revolutionary War. > > Many persons from CT settled in the Western Reserve, including many in the > Firelands area after it was possible to survey the area to determine its > precise limits, and settle Indian disputes. > > Ancestry.com on 11/15 published a map of Ohio Country, which shows the > Western Reserve a well as other districts of Ohio >
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