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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 [http://digicoll.marietta.edu/oca/background/historical.html 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. | *[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. | ||
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*'''[http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclark/Maps/Betmiamissurvey.pdf The Between the Miamis Survey or Ludlow's Survey]'''. Though surveyed by the federal government, these lands continued the unorthodox survey system used in the adjoining Symmes Purchase, mentioned above. | *'''[http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclark/Maps/Betmiamissurvey.pdf The Between the Miamis Survey or Ludlow's Survey]'''. Though surveyed by the federal government, these lands continued the unorthodox survey system used in the adjoining Symmes Purchase, mentioned above. | ||
Federal Grants to the State were given for various purposes. Grants were given for school, swamp, ministerial, canal, wagon road or turnpike, and university lands. Grants were also given for salt reservations and other purposes. Acts of the Ohio State Legislature determined how these lands were used, granted or sold. | Federal Grants to the State were given for various purposes. Grants were given for school, swamp, ministerial, canal, wagon road or turnpike, and university lands. Grants were also given for salt reservations and other purposes. Acts of the Ohio State Legislature determined how these lands were used, granted or sold. | ||
=== State Land Grants === | === State Land Grants === | ||