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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Ohio|Ohio ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Ohio|Ohio ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Ohio_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
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*[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=698 '''The Donation Tract''']. One hundred-acre parcels were offered to legal-age males who would occupy the land immediately, thus becoming a buffer between the Indians and those settling on the Ohio Company Purchases. Deeds were issued by the Ohio Company of Associates until 1818, when the Marietta Land Office obtained jurisdiction of unclaimed lands. | *[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=698 '''The Donation Tract''']. One hundred-acre parcels were offered to legal-age males who would occupy the land immediately, thus becoming a buffer between the Indians and those settling on the Ohio Company Purchases. Deeds were issued by the Ohio Company of Associates until 1818, when the Marietta Land Office obtained jurisdiction of unclaimed lands. | ||
*'''[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=806 Symmes Purchase or Miami Purchase]'''. Purchased partly with military bounty land warrants, the survey for this land was done privately and does not conform to the United States rectangular survey system. Symmes and many of the first settlers in this area came from New Jersey or had ties to New Jersey. | *'''[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=806 Symmes Purchase or Miami Purchase]'''. Purchased partly with military bounty land warrants, the survey for this land was done privately and does not conform to the United States rectangular survey system. Symmes and many of the first settlers in this area came from New Jersey or had ties to New Jersey. | ||
*[http://www.ohiohistorycentral. | *'''[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=811 The United States Military District]'''. Ohio land was granted to soldiers from any state who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The tracts were 4,000 acres each, yet military bounty land warrants allowed between 100 acres for a soldier and 1,100 acres for a major general. Since few people could buy the remaining thousands of acres, some pooled warrants and subdivided their tract among themselves. Others sold their warrants to land speculators. | ||
*'''[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohfrankl/Land/ohl4.html Moravian Indian Grants]'''. The United Brethren Church was issued the grant as trustee for Indian converts who sustained great losses in 1782. | *'''[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohfrankl/Land/ohl4.html Moravian Indian Grants]'''. The United Brethren Church was issued the grant as trustee for Indian converts who sustained great losses in 1782. | ||
*'''[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=721 French Grants]'''. Lands were granted to 101 Frenchmen who bought land by the Scioto Company, which had no land to sell legally. | *'''[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=721 French Grants]'''. Lands were granted to 101 Frenchmen who bought land by the Scioto Company, which had no land to sell legally. | ||