| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Virginia Military District in Ohio Papers
| | | | Creator: | Anderson, Richard Claugh | | | | Dates: | 1787-1839 | | | | Abstract: | Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826) was the Surveyor-General of the Virginia Military District, an area located between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio. The District and other land in Kentucky was granted to Virginia by Congress in 1784 to settle its claims to the Northwest Territory and reward its veterans of the American Revolution. The collection consists of seven entry books, ca. 4400 to 4800 surveys, and an index to entries, referring to land in the Virginia Military District lying between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio, which was surveyed under the direction of Anderson, his son-in-law, Allen Latham, and his son, William Marshall Anderson. Includes personal papers of Dr. R.G. Lewis of Madiosonville, Ohio, and miscellaneous papers of Allen Latham. | | | | Call #: | MS 3050 | | | | Extent: | 4.80 linear feet (10 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Anderson, Richard Clough, 1750-1826. | Surveying -- Ohio. | Surveyors -- Ohio. | Bounties, Military -- United States. | Land grants -- United States. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Virginia Military District -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Nathaniel Massie Papers
| | | | Creator: | Massie, Nathaniel | | | | Dates: | 1782-1852 | | | | Abstract: | Nathaniel Massie (1763-1813) was a deputy surveyor of Ohio's Virginia Military District. The collection consists of correspondence, legal briefs, court dockets, appeals, land warrants, surveys, title transfers, and receipts, relating chiefly to Massie's activities as deputy surveyor. The post-1813 papers relate to the settlement of Massie's estate and to land transactions and legal affairs of Henry Massie, southern Ohio lawyer. | | | | Call #: | MS 3282 | | | | Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Massie, Nathaniel, 1763-1813. | Massie family. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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