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Twelve Mile Square Reservation

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106: 145:, as established by the Act of May 18, 1796. Under the Act of 1816, Joseph Wampler surveyed the riverfront into long lots of about 160 acres (0.65 km) each, numbered 1 to 93, and officially called "River Tracts". The private claims of the British and French era settlers were surveyed in 1817 by deputy surveyor S. Carpenter. The partial sections left after the River Tracts were called "Fractional Sections". The Act of 1816 set aside section 16 of each township as 788: 20: 114:
reserve. Deputy surveyor Elias Glover subdivided the tract into four townships of six miles (10 km) square each in 1805, with the southwest township being number one, the northwest number two, the northeast number three, and the southeast number four. The tract has no ranges, and is an original survey, unrelated to later 1821
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nearby in 1794. As a result of the battle, the Treaty of Greenville was signed, which ceded much of southern and eastern Ohio to the United States. In addition, Article 3 ceded a number of other tracts, including #8: "One piece twelve miles square, at the British fort on the Miami of the Lake, at
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directed that every person in the actual possession of any tract of land, in his own right, and settled, occupied and improved by him prior to the first day of July, 1796, or by some other person under whom he claimed the right to its occupancy or possession, should be confirmed in his title as an
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While the French and British occupied the region, many white people settled near the fort. The United States wished to give legal title to these people, and sell the rest of the tract. To accomplish this, on March 3, 1805, Congress arranged for a special indiscriminate location survey for the
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was considered to be of strategic importance by the United States government representatives. It was subsequently surveyed in a manner different from surrounding land, and lots sold, or granted, to settlers.
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for benefit of schools in each township. These sections were eventually sold. Town lots in Perrysburg were also laid out in 1816, providing less than two sections of land in lots less than
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the foot of the rapids." At that time, the Maumee river was called the Miami of the lake, and the foot of the rapids are today between the towns
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The Twelve Mile Square Reservation is the green square in the northwest corner of Ohio (upper-left)
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rebuilt Fort Miami to assist the Indians fighting the Americans. The Americans won the
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Each township was subdivided into 36 1-square-mile (2.6 km) sections numbered
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The Twelve Mile Square Reservation was surveyed and divided as shown
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in 1795. This particular area of land immediately surrounding
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acre (0.10 ha) each. Land sales were through the
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Former regions and territories of the United States
989: 908: 888: 825: 795: 709: 1075:1795 establishments in the Northwest Territory 748:South and East of the First Principal Meridian 687: 64:, the French Governor of Canada, established 8: 118:surveys that surround the reserve, known as 743:North and East of First Principal Meridian 694: 680: 672: 120:North and East of First Principal Meridian 661:Treaty of Greeneville (1795) (Transcript) 581: 579: 577: 238:. The corners of the Reservation are at 97:led to the fort being abandoned in 1796. 728:Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges 104: 18: 443: 43:to the United States of America in the 997:Historic regions of the United States 433:Historic regions of the United States 7: 405:SW corner Twelve Mile Square Reserve 361:SE corner Twelve Mile Square Reserve 317:NE corner Twelve Mile Square Reserve 269:NW corner Twelve Mile Square Reserve 738:Congress Lands East of Scioto River 649:. The Auditor of the State of Ohio. 496: 733:Congress Lands West of Miami River 548: 477: 218:The tract encompasses portions of 14: 326:(NE of the MLK Bridge within the 786: 628:Ohio Lands and Their Subdivision 593:- Text of Act of April 27, 1816 817:United States Military District 536:- Text of Act of March 3, 1805 516:- Text of Treaty of Greenville 870:Twelve Mile Square Reservation 568:- Text of Act of May 18, 1796 29:Twelve Mile Square Reservation 1: 921:Miami & Erie Canal Lands 643:The Official Ohio Lands Book 926:Ohio & Erie Canal Lands 875:Two Mile Square Reservation 807:Connecticut Western Reserve 640:Knepper, George W. (2002). 625:Peters, William E. 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Index


Ohio
Indians
Treaty of Greenville
Fort Miami
Frontenac
Fort Miami
Maumee River
Northwest Indian War
British
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Maumee
Perrysburg
Jay's Treaty

Congress Lands
North and East of First Principal Meridian
Congress
fee simple
land patent
boustrophedonically
School Lands
Wooster
Canton
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
Wood

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