FIRST SETTLEMENT OF OHIO. 



PERIOD SECOND. 



THIS PERIOD COMPRISES THE TIME DURING WHICH THE TERRI- 

 TORIAL GOVERNMENT EXISTED, COMMENCING APRIL 7th^ 

 1788, AND ENDING ON THE ADMISSION OF OHIO INTO THE 

 UNION, AS A STATE, FEBRUARY 19tH, 1803. 



The Ohio company, and John Cleves Symmes, having pur- 

 chased, the lands, as we have stated, the company having 

 purchased the tract on the Ohio river, including the mouths of 

 the Muskingum and Hockhocking rivers ; and Symmes, the 

 country between the Miamies — the Ohio companv. early in 

 April, 1788, took possession of their land at the mouth of the 

 Muskingum, and Symmes, in Ihe autumn of the same or next 

 year, settled near the mouth of the Great Miami at the North 

 Bend, where General Harrison, his son-in-law, now resides, on 

 the same farm. 



Under the act of congress of July 13th 1787, Arthur St. 

 Clair was appointed Governor of the North Western Territory. 

 Samuel H. Parsons, James M. Varnum and John Armstrong 

 were appointed Judge?. The latter not accepting the office, 

 John Cleves Symmes was appointed in his place. Winthrop 

 Sargeant was appointed Secretary. 



The Governor and Secretary, and Messrs. Parsons and Var- 

 num followed Rufus Putnam and associates, to the mouth of 

 the Muskingum where they had settled on the 7th of April 

 preceding. These officers landed at Marietta on the 9th of 

 July 1788. Judge Symmes joined them soon after their arrivaK 



