Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications (Volume 2) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... by is, released and quit-claimed to the sufferers hereafter named, or their legal representatives where they are dead, and to their heirs and assigns forever, five hundred thousand acres of the lands belonging to this State, lying west of the State of Pennsblvania, and bounding northerly on the shore of Lake Erie, beginning at the west line of said lands, and extending eastward to a line running northerly and southerly, parallel to the east line of said tract of land belonging to this State, and extending the whole width of said lands, and easterly, so far as to make said quantity of five hundred thousand acres of land exclusive of any lands within said bounds, if any be, which may have been heretofore granted, to be divided to and among the said sufferers, and their legal representatives, where they are dead, in proportion to the several sums annexed to. their names, as follows in the annexed list." The resolution then enumerates the sufferers under their respective towns, and assigns to each one his amount of loss as the committee had found. In all there are 1870 persons, and an aggregate loss of, 161.548 lis. These lauds, known in Connecticut history as the "Sufferers Lands," and in Ohio history as the "Fire Lands," are comprised, for the most part, in the present counties of Huron' and Erie. In time the sufferers were duly incorporated, both in Connecticut and Ohio, with the title, "The Proprietors of the Half Million Acres of Land lying south of Lake Erie." In time the lands were duly surveyed and divided among the proprietors. Connecticut granted the sufferers only the soil, retaining the jurisdiction in her own hands. In May, 1793, the General Assembly appointed a committee of eight men, one from each county in the State, to sell the remaining ...