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286:, and some in ranges 22 and 23 from the Scioto River, the Scioto River Base Surveys, thus having townships in adjacent ranges with different numbers. Sections were numbered according to the 1796 pattern. A number of irregularities in applying the system occur due to surveying errors, multiple surveys and erratic numbering.
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After the previously mentioned surveys, an unsurveyed tract of land in southern Ohio remained east of the Scioto River. In that tract, lands were surveyed starting in 1799 under the Act of May 18, 1796. The ranges and townships followed those of the original Seven Ranges, ranges being numbered
197:, Geographer of the United States, to continue his survey only south of the Geographers line. Hutchins group completed surveying seven ranges by 1787 and presented plats to Congress in 1788 for the tract that became known as the
108:, six miles (9.656 km) on a side created by lines running north-south intersected by east-west lines. Townships were to be arranged in north-south rows called ranges. These townships were sub-divided into thirty-six
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In 1795, Congress granted a land tract adjacent to the Ohio River, in far southern Ohio located between the Scioto River and the Ohio
Company lands, to French Immigrants who had been defrauded. This became known as the
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purchased a land tract adjacent to the west of the Seven Ranges in 1787 and began settlement and surveying in 1788. In 1792 Congress donated a tract of land to the company known as the
182:). The Geographer’s Line was to extend westward through “the whole territory” which at that time was meant to include lands lying between the Ohio River and Lake Erie.
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as a formal means of surveying, selling, and settling the land and raising revenue. The land was to be systematically surveyed into square
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Beginning in 1801, a strip of 103,527 acres (418.96 km) along the north edge of the tract was donated by
Congress to refugees from
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westward from
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The survey in Ohio in modern times includes more than 3,500,000 acres (14,000 km) in all or parts of these counties:
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for sales of lands in the 15th range and points east. The Act of March 3, 1803 established a new land district at
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for the lands in the 15th and eastward ranges. Sales were also conducted from the nation’s capital at the
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Section 4 of the Land Act of May 18, 1796, provided that the lands in the survey area be sold at
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for sales of those lands in the 16th range and points west, and a land district at
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Background
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latitude. Thus, on May 9, 1786, Congress instructed
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480:Journal of Congress vol.30, p.248, May 9, 1786
140:Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey
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84:had been closed to white settlement by the
20:The Congress Lands East of the Scioto River
701:North and East of First Principal Meridian
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268:plan for numbering sections of a standard
112:of one square mile (2.59 km) or 640
686:Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges
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1023:History of the Midwestern United States
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246:On June 1, 1796, Congress created the
955:Historic regions of the United States
433:Historic regions of the United States
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620:Ohio History Central- Congress Lands
696:Congress Lands East of Scioto River
597:. The Auditor of the State of Ohio.
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26:Congress Lands East of Scioto River
691:Congress Lands West of Miami River
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189:had a claim on lands north of the
185:A problem with this plan was that
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327:United States General Land Office
266:United States General Land Office
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605:Ohio Lands and Their Subdivision
775:United States Military District
572:- Text of Act of March 3, 1803
248:United States Military District
34:United States Military District
1028:Surveying of the United States
828:Twelve Mile Square Reservation
552:- Text of Act of May 10, 1800
521:- Text of Act of May 18, 1796
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1018:Pre-statehood history of Ohio
501:- Text of Act of June 1, 1796
28:was a land tract in southern
879:Miami & Erie Canal Lands
591:The Official Ohio Lands Book
119:The first north-south line,
884:Ohio & Erie Canal Lands
833:Two Mile Square Reservation
765:Connecticut Western Reserve
602:Peters, William E. (1918).
331:section 16 of each township
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858:Virginia Military District
716:Ohio Company of Associates
588:Knepper, George W (2002).
221:Ohio Company of Associates
214:Virginia Military District
210:American Revolutionary War
94:American Revolutionary War
58:Ohio Company of Associates
46:Virginia Military District
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721:Purchase on the Muskingum
293:that became known as the
233:Purchase on the Muskingum
208:for land grants to their
1113:Washington County, Ohio
212:veterans, known as the
1073:Muskingum County, Ohio
1033:Fairfield County, Ohio
904:Ephraim Kimberly Grant
803:Moravian Indian Grants
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272:, adopted May 18, 1796
256:Greenville Treaty Line
102:Land Ordinance of 1785
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1088:Pickaway County, Ohio
1063:Lawrence County, Ohio
1048:Guernsey County, Ohio
1038:Franklin County, Ohio
313:and Land District at
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162:40.64250°N 80.51944°W
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1058:Jackson County, Ohio
1053:Hocking County, Ohio
86:Proclamation of 1763
1108:Vinton County, Ohio
1103:Scioto County, Ohio
1068:Morgan County, Ohio
1043:Gallia County, Ohio
965:Northwest Territory
574:Library of Congress
554:Library of Congress
523:Library of Congress
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254:, and south of the
191:41st parallel north
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1083:Perry County, Ohio
1078:Noble County, Ohio
808:Gnadenhutten Tract
798:Indian Land Grants
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1098:Ross County, Ohio
1093:Pike County, Ohio
1013:Geography of Ohio
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929:Salt Reservations
919:Ministerial Lands
914:Maumee Road Lands
818:Schoenbrunn Tract
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934:School Lands
793:French Grant
736:Toledo Strip
726:Seven Ranges
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82:Ohio Country
68:Acquired by
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874:Canal Lands
867:Land Grants
813:Salem Tract
756:Rectangular
671:Rectangular
315:Chillicothe
311:Land Office
307:“Pittsburg”
187:Connecticut
165: /
106:"townships"
100:passed the
1002:Categories
661:Ohio Lands
582:References
423:Ohio Lands
411:Washington
333:, and the
323:Zanesville
301:Land sales
277:The survey
171: (
152:80°31′10″W
149:40°38′33″N
110:"sections"
56:, and the
50:Ohio River
770:Firelands
754:Five-Mile
379:Muskingum
347:Fairfield
136:Base Line
669:Six-Mile
417:See also
391:Pickaway
371:Lawrence
359:Guernsey
351:Franklin
319:Marietta
206:Virginia
123:Meridian
98:Congress
786:Surveys
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367:Jackson
363:Hocking
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