OHIO, STATE OF heavy rains and terrible fatigue all the army during the war 317,133 soldiers. PopIway to Detroit, their destination. See ulation in 1890, 3,672,316; in 1900, 4,157,HULL, WILLIAM. 545. See UNITED STATES, OHIO, in vol. ix. Edward Tiffin. Thomas Kirker.... Samuel Huntington.. Allen Trimble.. Allen Trimble.. Robert Lucas.. Thomas Corwin.. TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS. Term Name. Term began. expired. Politics. 1788 1802 1802 1803 ... STATE GOVERNORS. Thomas Worthington.. Jeremiah Morrow. William Dennison, 1860 1862 Thomas W. Bartley. Seabury Ford. Reuben Wood. At the beginning of the Civil War, the governor of Ohio, William Dennison, Jr., was an avowed opponent of the slave system. The legislature met on Jan. 7, 1861. In his message the governor explained his refusal to surrender alleged fugitive slaves on the requisition of the authorities of Kentucky and Tennessee; denied the right of secession; affirmed the loyalty of his State; suggested the repeal of the fugitive slave law as the most effectual way of procuring the repeal of the personal liberty acts; and called for the repeal of the laws of the Southern States which interfered with the constitutional rights of the citizens of the free- Salmon P. Chase.. labor States. "Determined to do no wrong," he said, we will not contentedly John Brough... submit to wrong." The legislature denounced (Jan. 12) the secession movements; promised for the people of Ohio their firm support of the national government; and, on the 14th, pledged "the entire power and resources of the State for a strict maintenance of the Constitution and laws of the general government by whomsoever administered." These promises and pledges were fulfilled to the utmost, the State furnishing to the National 66 Edward F. Noyes. Rutherford B. Hayes. George Hoadley.. Asa S. Bushnell. Term. 1803 to 1808 1807 1809 Ohio Company, THE. When, by treaty, the Indians had ceded the lands of the Northwestern Territory, the thoughts of 18031807 enterprising men turned in that direc1809 1810tion as a promising field for settlements. On the night of Jan. 9, 1786, Gen. Rufus Putnam and Gen. Benjamin Tupper form18141815 ed a plan for a company of soldiers of the 1813 1819 Revolution to undertake the task of settle1819 1821 ment on the Ohio River. The next day 1822 1825 they issued a call for such persons who 18281831 felt disposed to engage in the enter 1809 1815" 1833 1825 1828 1831 1837 1833 1839 prise to meet at Boston on March 1, 1837" 1849 by delegates chosen in the several 1839" 1845 1850 1861 1845 1850 counties in Massachusetts. 1877" 1879 1880 1881 to 1897 1891 "1896 1897" 1904 OHIO LAND COMPANY near the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, athwart the great war-path of the fierce Northwestern tribes when they made their bloody incursions to the frontiers of Virginia and Pennsylvania. They named the settlement Marietta, in honor of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, the ally of the Americans. This was the seed from which sprang the great State of Ohio. It was composed of the choice materials of New England society. At one time and, at their own cost, to build and gar-in 1789- there were no less than rison a fort. The government was anxten of the settlers there who had re- ious to carry out this scheme of colonizaceived a college education. During that tion west of the Alleghany Mountains to year fully 20,000 settlers from the East counteract the evident designs of the were on lands on the banks of the Ohio. French to occupy that country. At the beginning of 1788 there was not a white family within the bounds of that commonwealth. The French took immediate measures to countervail the English movements. Galissonière, who had grand dreams of French empire in America, fitted out an expedition under Céleron de Bienville in 1749 to proclaim French dominion at various points along the Ohio. The company took measures for defining and occupying their domain. Thomas Lee, two of the Washingtons, and other leading Virginia members ordered goods suitable for the Indian trade to be sent from London. The company sent an agent to explore the country and confer with the Indian tribes; and in June, 1752, a conference was held at Logstown, near the Ohio, and friendly relations were established between the English and the Indians. But the Western tribes refused to recognize the right Ohio Land Company, THE. Soon after the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle an association of London merchants and Virginia land speculators, known as "The Ohio Land Company," obtained from the crown a grant of 500,000 acres of land on the east bank of the Ohio River, with the exclusive privilege of the Indian traffic. International, or at least intercolonial, disputes immediately occurred. The French claimed, by right of discovery, the whole region watered by the tributaries of the Mississippi River. The English set up a claim, in the name of the Six Nations, as under British protection, and which was recognized by the treaties of Utrecht (1713) and Aix-la-Chapelle of either the English or the French to (1748), to the region which they had formerly conquered, and which included the whole eastern portion of the Mississippi Valley and the basin of the lower lakes, Erie and Ontario. These conflicting claims at once embarrassed the operations of the Ohio Land Company. It was provided by their charter that they were to pay no quit-rent for ten years; to colonize at least 100 families within seven years; lands westward of the Alleghany Mountains. A Delaware chief said to Gist, the agent of the company, "The French claim all the land on one side of the river, and the English claim all the land on the other side of the river: where is the Indian's land?" This significant question was answered by Gist: "Indians and white men are subjects of the British King, and all have an equal privilege in taking up and 8th to 10th 11th 16th 17th 47th to 54th Term. 1803 to 1808 1807" 1809 1809 1810 to 1813 1811 1814 1814 1815 18151833 1825 1828 1831 1837 Ohio Company, THE. When, by treaty, the Indians had ceded the lands of the Northwestern Territory, the thoughts of 1803 1807 enterprising men turned in that direc1809 1810 tion as a promising field for settlements. On the night of Jan. 9, 1786, Gen. Rufus Putnam and Gen. Benjamin Tupper formed a plan for a company of soldiers of the Revolution to undertake the task of settle1819 1821 ment on the Ohio River. The next day 1822 1825 they issued a call for such persons who 18281831 felt disposed to engage in the enter1833 1839 prise to meet at Boston on March 1, 1837 1849 by delegates chosen in the several counties in Massachusetts. They met, and formed "The Ohio Company." It was composed of men like Rufus Putnam, Abraham Whipple, J. M. VarSamuel Holden Parsons, Benjanum, min Tupper, R. J. Meigs, whom AmerThey icans think of with gratitude. purchased a large tract of land on the Ohio River; and on April 7, 1788, the first detachment of settlers sent by the company, forty-eight in number - men, women, and children-seated themselves 1839 1845 1850 1849 to 1855 1855" 1861 1861 1877" 1879 1880 1881 to 1897 1885" 1891 1897 " 1897" 1904 1904 " They OHIO LAND COMPANY near the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, athwart the great war-path of the fierce Northwestern tribes when they made their bloody incursions to the frontiers of Virginia and Pennsylvania. named the settlement Marietta, in honor of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, the ally of the Americans. This was the seed from which sprang the great State of Ohio. It was composed of the choice materials of New England society. At one time and, at their own cost, to build and gar--in 1789- there were no less than rison a fort. The government was anxten of the settlers there who had re- ious to carry out this scheme of colonizaceived a college education. During that tion west of the Alleghany Mountains to year fully 20,000 settlers from the East counteract the evident designs of the were on lands on the banks of the Ohio. French to occupy that country. At the beginning of 1788 there was not a white family within the bounds of that commonwealth. The French took immediate measures to countervail the English movements. Galissonière, who had grand dreams of Ohio Land Company, THE. Soon French empire in America, fitted out an after the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle an expedition under Céleron de Bienville in association of London merchants and Vir- 1749 to proclaim French dominion at ginia land speculators, known as "The various points along the Ohio. The comOhio Land Company," obtained from the pany took measures for defining and occucrown a grant of 500,000 acres of land on pying their domain. Thomas Lee, two of the east bank of the Ohio River, with the the Washingtons, and other leading Virexclusive privilege of the Indian traffic. ginia members ordered goods suitable for International, or at least intercolonial, the Indian trade to be sent from London. disputes immediately occurred. The The company sent an agent to explore the French claimed, by right of discovery, the country and confer with the Indian tribes; whole region watered by the tributaries and in June, 1752, a conference was held of the Mississippi River. The English set at Logstown, near the Ohio, and friendly up a claim, in the name of the Six Na- relations were established between the tions, as under British protection, and English and the Indians. But the Westwhich was recognized by the treaties of ern tribes refused to recognize the right Utrecht (1713) and Aix-la-Chapelle of either the English or the French to (1748), to the region which they had formerly conquered, and which included the whole eastern portion of the Mississippi Valley and the basin of the lower lakes, Erie and Ontario. These conflicting claims at once embarrassed the operations of the Ohio Land Company. It was provided by their charter that they were to pay no quit-rent for ten years; to colonize at least 100 families within seven years; lands westward of the Alleghany Mountains. A Delaware chief said to Gist, the agent of the company, "The French claim all the land on one side of the river, and the English claim all the land on the other side of the river: where is the Indian's land?" This significant question was answered by Gist: "Indians and white men are subjects of the British King, and all have an equal privilege in taking up and |