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The Firelands, or Sufferers' Lands, tract was located at the western end of the Connecticut Western Reserve in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio.It was legislatively established in 1792, as the "Sufferers' Lands", and later became named "Fire Lands" because the resale of the land was intended as financial restitution for residents of the Connecticut towns of Danbury, Fairfield, Greenwich ...
The Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges was a land tract in northeast Ohio that was established by the Congress early in the 19th century. It is located south of the Connecticut Western Reserve and Firelands , east of the Congress Lands South and East of the First Principal Meridian , north of the United States Military District and ...
Map of the Ohio Lands. The Ohio Lands were the several grants, tracts, districts and cessions which make up what is now the U.S. state of Ohio.The Ohio Country was one of the first settled parts of the Midwest, and indeed one of the first settled parts of the United States beyond the original Thirteen Colonies.
The western end of the reserve included the Firelands or "Sufferers' Lands", 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) reserved by Connecticut in 1792 for residents of several New England towns which had been destroyed by British-set fires during the Revolutionary War.
The Congress Lands was a group of land tracts in Ohio that made land available for sale to members of the general public through land offices in various cities, and through the United States General Land Office. It consisted of three groups of surveys: [1] Ohio River Base Congress Lands East of Scioto River; Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges
Oxford Township is one of only thirty townships located in a unique subregion of the Connecticut Western Reserve, known as the Firelands. Established in 1792, this half-million-acre tract of land (originally known as the Fire Sufferers Land) was given by the Connecticut Legislature to the citizens of towns which were invaded and damaged by ...
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