The Congress Lands was a group of land tracts in Ohio that made land available for sale to members of the general public through land offices in various...

Lands Canal Lands Miami & Erie Canal Lands Ohio & Erie Canal Lands College Township Congress Lands or Congressional Lands (1798–1821) Congress Lands North...

The Firelands, or Sufferers' Lands, tract was located at the western end of the Connecticut Western Reserve in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. It...

William E. (1918). Ohio Lands and Their Subdivision. W.E. Peters. p. 153. 7 Stat. 49 - Text of Treaty of Greenville Library of Congress 7 Stat. 87 - Text of...

lands. The western border of Pennsylvania, previously assumed to run in a north by northeast zigzag, was resolved in 1780 by the Continental Congress...

passed repeated resolutions and requests asking Congress to take up the matter. In 1812, Congress approved a request for an official survey of the line...

the First Grant. Ohio Lands Historic regions of the United States 1 Stat. 442 - Text of Act of March 3, 1795 Library of Congress 6 Stat. 35 - Text of Act...

woodsman and surveyor, to explore the Ohio Valley in order to identify lands for potential settlement. He surveyed and estimated the area drained by...

The Congress Lands East of Scioto River was a land tract in southern Ohio that was established by the Congress late in the 18th century. It is located...

Canal Lands College Lands College Township Congress Lands (or Congressional Lands, 1798–1821) Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges Congress Lands West...

The Congress Lands West of Miami River was a land tract in southwest Ohio that was established by the Congress late in the 18th century. It is located...

second, by the Act of October 23, 1787, which authorized Congress to make contracts of public lands for not less than one million acres. On October 27, 1787...

position of the 41st line of latitude, the northern boundary of the Congress Lands, north of which is the Connecticut Western Reserve, was unsettled. Hutchins...

by Judge John Cleves Symmes of New Jersey in 1788 from the Continental Congress. In the 1780s, Benjamin Stites, a friend of Symmes, was visiting Limestone...

The Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges was a land tract in northeast Ohio that was established by the Congress early in the 19th century. It...

uproar that Congress was forced to act and on May 27, 1880, passed legislation limiting the rights of the college to unappropriated lands. Some provisions...

domain for a college. They chose a township in the first range in the Congress Lands, namely R1E T5. The village of College Corner takes its name from its...

Constitution (Article 4, section 3, clause 2), Congress has the power to retain, buy, sell, and regulate federal lands, such as by limiting cattle grazing on...

coordinates) In 1796, Congress passed two pieces of legislation to regulate the surveying and sale, or other dispersal, of public lands northwest of the Ohio...

The College Lands were a tract of land in the Northwest Territory, later Ohio, that the Congress donated for the support of a university. Ohio University...

E. (1918). Ohio Lands and Their Subdivision. W.E. Peters. p. 282. 2 Stat. 352 – Text of Act of February 28, 1806 Library of Congress Knepper 2002 : 54...

Turnpike Lands were a group of land tracts granted by the United States Congress to the state of Ohio in 1827 along the path of a proposed road in the...

victims had not participated in massacres on settlers as previously thought, Congress acted to provide reparations to them. The Land Ordinance of 1785 established...

The Ministerial Lands were tracts of land in the Northwest Territory, later Ohio, that the Congress donated for the support of clergy. In the contracts...

Maumee Road Lands were a group of land tracts granted by the United States Congress to the state of Ohio in 1823 along the path of a proposed road in...

1835 Library of Congress 5 Stat. 624 - Text of Act of March 3, 1843 Library of Congress Knepper, George W. (2002). The Official Ohio Lands Book (PDF). The...

of Congress Knepper, George W (2002). The Official Ohio Lands Book (PDF). The Auditor of the State of Ohio. Peters, William E (1918). Ohio Lands and...

national lands to the United States." Although the lands are commonly referred to as "ceded lands" or "public lands," some refer to them as "seized lands" or...

to $100, rather than $320. At the time, these lands were located on the frontier within the Congress Lands of Ohio and elsewhere in the Northwest Territory...

(secondary coordinates) On June 1, 1796, Congress created the United States Military District, sometimes called the USMD Lands, or USMD Survey. The boundaries...