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 *'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Company_of_Associates#Settlement_at_Marietta.2C_Ohio The Ohio Company First Purchase]'''. This land was sold by the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohfrankl/Land/ohl2.html Continental Congress] to an association of former officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts and nearby areas. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Company_of_Associates#Settlement_at_Marietta.2C_Ohio The Ohio Company Second Purchase], made in 1792, was acquired by redeeming military bounty land warrants obtained by the association. Original records of the Ohio Company of Associates are in the custody of [https://library.marietta.edu/c.php?g=1020714&p=7394024 Marietta College], Dawes Memorial Library, Marietta, Ohio.
-*[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.
+*[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Donation_Tract '''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.
+*'''[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Symmes_Purchase Symmes Purchase]''' or '''[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Miami_Purchase 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=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.
+*'''[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/United_States_Military_District 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.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=721 French Grants]'''. Lands were granted to 101 Frenchmen who bought land by the Scioto Land Company, which had no land to sell legally.
+*'''[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/French_Grant French Grant]'''. Lands were granted to 101 Frenchmen who bought land by the Scioto Land Company, which had no land to sell legally.
-*'''[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=795 Refugee Tract]'''. Lands were granted to refugees from Canada who came to the Colonies before 4 July 1776 and who aided the cause of the Colonies during the Revolutionary War.
+*'''[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Refugee_Tract Refugee Tract]'''. Lands were granted to refugees from Canada who came to the Colonies before 4 July 1776 and who aided the cause of the Colonies during the Revolutionary War.
-*'''[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=690 Congress Lands]'''. Tracts of 320 acres were purchased by individuals. Because buyers paid 25 percent in cash and had four years to pay the balance, the property was exempt from taxes for the first five years after being purchased.
+*'''[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Congress_Lands Congress Lands]'''. Tracts of 320 acres were purchased by individuals. Because buyers paid 25 percent in cash and had four years to pay the balance, the property was exempt from taxes for the first five years after being purchased.
 *'''[http://www.worthingtonhistory.org/_Resources___Links/Scioto_Company_Founders/scioto_company_founders.html Scioto Company]''' was organized in 1802 in Connecticut, and had 38 investors. The company had very significant holdings in the Northwest Territory. This company was extremely important to Ohio's history.