CESSIONS OF 1795-179(5 



657 



LA.:i^^D CESSIO]NrS-Contiiined. 



This consists of two sepiirate tracts, oir^ li 

 iiiaiiihind on the S. 



iirveved in 182' 



liin;; the island and the other the 



Any necessity for the survey of this tract was superseded by the Kaskaskia 

 cession of Autj. 13, 1803, and Sauk and l''ox cession of Nov. 3, 1804. The bound- 

 aries are approximately shown by dotted black lines. 



Any necessity for the survey of this tract was superseded by the Kaskaskia 

 cession of Aug. 13. 1803, and .Sauk and Fox cession of Nov. 3, 1804. The bound- 

 aries are approximately showu by dotted black lines. 



In .July, 1779. two Piankishaw chiefs deeded to George Rogers Clarke a tract 2i 

 leagues square on the N. side of Ohio river, opposite the falls. Virginia never 

 confirmed this grant. Jan. 2, 17m, Virginia ceded to Congress conditionally 

 all right to territory N\V. of the Ohio river. Sept. 13, 1783, Congress accepted 

 the cession. Dec:. 20, 1783, Virginia authorized her delegates in Congress to 

 convey the same to the U. S. The deed was executed Mar. 1, 1784, and con- 

 tained a condition that not exceeding 1.50,000 acres promised by Virginia 

 should be granted to Gen. George Rogers Clarke and the officers and soldiers 

 of his regiment, to be laid off' in one tract in such place on the N\V. side of 

 the Ohio as a m.ijority of the officers shall choose, and to be divided among 

 the officers and soldiers in due proportion, acconling to the Laws of Virginia. 

 The tract when first laid off was called the Illinois grant and afterward 

 Clark's grant. 



There having arisen a dispute as to the proper boundaries of this tract, they 

 were specifically defined by treaty of June 7. 1803. 



This was an indefinite reserv.ation and was never mori> specifically defined. 



This post was at the mouth of Massac creek, .a short distance E. of the present 

 site of Metropolis City. 



This was simply the relinquishment by those members of the Six Nations 

 who had removed to Canada after the Revolutionary war of any undivided 

 interest they might clainj or be admitted to have in the territory of their 

 New York brethren, and which had been or should thereafter be ceded by the 

 latter to the state of New York. 



This tract in its original boundaries, as surveyed in 1799, was 7| miles long on 

 the N. boundary and 11 miles, 1,5 chains, 60 links on the S. boundary; the E. 

 boundary was 3 miles, 10 chains, 3 links in length and the \V. boundary, 

 from the State line to St Lawrence river, was 2 miles, 41 chains. Only 

 the original boundaries of the reserve are here shown, although its area has 

 been reduced (by several purchases made by state of New York) to 14,030 

 acres. 



These tracts were to be reserved only in case the mills should be found to be 

 outside the li miles square tract. The boundaries of the latter tract, as 

 shown on the map, include the mills. 



Michigan 1. 



Michigan 1 

 Illinois 2. 



Illinois 1. 



Illinois 1. 



Indiana, Illinois 1. 



