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ILLINOIS County (Va., extinct) created by Virginia to encompass all territory north 277,317 sq. mi. and west of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River claimed by Virginia on the basis of its 1609 charter; ILLINOIS County included all of present Ohio.
Hening, 9:552-555, 10:303-304; Robinson, 55
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LAKE ASHTABULA LUCAS FULTON WILLIAMS OTTAWA GEAUGA CUYAHOGA WOOD SANDUSKY ERIE DEFIANCE HENRY LORAIN TRUMBULL
PORTAGE PAULDING SENECA HURON MEDINA SUMMIT PUTNAM HANCOCK MAHONING VAN WERT WYANDOT CRAWFORD ASHLAND WAYNE STARK PA ALLEN RICHLAND COLUMBIANA HARDIN MERCER AUGLAIZE MARION HOLMES CARROLL IN MORROW TUSCARAWAS LOGAN KNOX JEFFERSON SHELBY UNION DELAWARE OH COSHOCTON HARRISON
DARKE CHAMPAIGN LICKING MIAMI GUERNSEY BELMONT FRANKLIN MUSKINGUM CLARK
MONTGOMERY MADISON NOBLE PREBLE FAIRFIELD PERRY MONROE GREENE PICKAWAY MORGAN FAYETTE HOCKING WASHINGTON BUTLER WARREN CLINTON ROSS ATHENS VINTON HAMILTON HIGHLAND MEIGS PIKE CLERMONT JACKSON BROWN ADAMS SCIOTO GALLIA WV LAWRENCE
KY
Virginia ceded to the U.S. its charter claims to territory "northwestward of the river 41,261 sq. mi. Ohio". All of present Ohio became unorganized federal territory although certain states still claimed parts of the western lands based on their colonial charters.
(Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 62, 130-131; Hening, 11:571-575)
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PAULDING SENECA HURON PORTAGE MEDINA SUMMIT PUTNAM HANCOCK MAHONING
VAN WERT WYANDOT CRAWFORD ASHLAND WAYNE STARK PA ALLEN RICHLAND COLUMBIANA HARDIN MERCER AUGLAIZE CARROLL MARION HOLMES IN MORROW TUSCARAWAS LOGAN KNOX JEFFERSON SHELBY COSHOCTON HARRISON UNION DELAWAREOH DARKE CHAMPAIGN MIAMI LICKING GUERNSEY BELMONT FRANKLIN MUSKINGUM CLARK MADISON
MONTGOMERY FAIRFIELD NOBLE MONROE PREBLE PERRY GREENE PICKAWAY MORGAN FAYETTE HOCKING WASHINGTON BUTLER WARREN CLINTON ROSS ATHENS VINTON HAMILTON HIGHLAND MEIGS PIKE CLERMONT JACKSON BROWN ADAMS SCIOTO GALLIA WV LAWRENCE
KY
The U.S. accepted Connecticut's cession of lands north and west of Pennsylvania 35,936 sq. mi. and the Ohio River, except for a tract (Western Reserve) lying north of 41 deg. N. Lat. (Conn. southern line) & extending 120 mi. west of Penn.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 2:24 n. 62)
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LAKE ASHTABULA LUCAS FULTON WILLIAMS OTTAWA GEAUGA WOOD CUYAHOGA DEFIANCE HENRY SANDUSKY ERIE LORAIN TRUMBULL
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MONTGOMERY FAIRFIELD NOBLE MONROE PREBLE PERRY GREENE PICKAWAY MORGAN FAYETTE HOCKING WASHINGTON BUTLER WARREN CLINTON ROSS ATHENS VINTON HAMILTON HIGHLAND MEIGS PIKE CLERMONT JACKSON BROWN ADAMS SCIOTO GALLIA WV LAWRENCE
KY
The U.S. created the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio 35,936 sq. mi. (Northwest Territory) from unorganized federal territory. Map depicts non-county area of the Northwest Territory in present Ohio. Connecticut retained the Western Reserve.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 2:39-50)
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CRAWFORD PA WYANDOT ASHLAND WAYNE STARK RICHLAND COLUMBIANA HARDIN MARION HOLMES CARROLL MORROW TUSCARAWAS KNOX LOGAN COSHOCTON JEFFERSON UNION DELAWARE OH HARRISON
CHAMPAIGN LICKING GUERNSEY BELMONT FRANKLIN MUSKINGUM MADISON NOBLE FAIRFIELD PERRY MONROE GREENE PICKAWAY MORGAN FAYETTE HOCKING CLINTON WASHINGTON
ROSS ATHENS VINTON HIGHLAND MEIGS PIKE JACKSON BROWN WV
ADAMS SCIOTO GALLIA
LAWRENCE KY
WASHINGTON created by the Northwest Territory from non-county area and part of 17,858 sq. mi. the Western Reserve. This implicit challenge to Connecticut's authority in the Western Reserve went unanswered.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 3:278-279; Chase, 3:ch. 330/p. 2096; Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 92)
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CRAWFORD PA WYANDOT ASHLAND WAYNE STARK RICHLAND COLUMBIANA
HARDIN MARION HOLMES CARROLL MORROW TUSCARAWAS KNOX LOGAN COSHOCTON JEFFERSON UNION DELAWARE OH HARRISON
CHAMPAIGN LICKING GUERNSEY BELMONT FRANKLIN MUSKINGUM MADISON
NOBLE FAIRFIELD PERRY MONROE PICKAWAY MORGAN FAYETTE HOCKING CLINTON WASHINGTON
ROSS ATHENS VINTON HIGHLAND MEIGS PIKE JACKSON WV
ADAMS SCIOTO GALLIA
LAWRENCE KY
WASHINGTON lost to HAMILTON. 17,331 sq. mi.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 3:363-364)
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LICKING GUERNSEY BELMONT FRANKLIN MUSKINGUM MADISON
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ROSS ATHENS VINTON HIGHLAND MEIGS PIKE JACKSON WV
ADAMS SCIOTO GALLIA
LAWRENCE KY
WASHINGTON lost to creation of ADAMS. 15,332 sq. mi.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 2:612-613; Chase, 3:ch. 333/p. 2096)
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MARION CARROLL MORROW HOLMES
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PIKE MEIGS JACKSON WV
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WASHINGTON lost to creation of JEFFERSON. 10,146 sq. mi.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 2:617-618; Chase, 3:ch. 334/p. 2096)
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PICKAWAY MORGAN
HOCKING WASHINGTON
ATHENS ROSS VINTON
PIKE MEIGS JACKSON WV
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WASHINGTON lost to creation of ROSS. 9,265 sq. mi.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 3:510; Chase, 3:ch. 336/p. 2097)
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ATHENS ROSS VINTON
PIKE MEIGS JACKSON WV
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WASHINGTON lost to JEFFERSON. 8,813 sq. mi.
(Chase, 3:ch. 342/p. 2098)
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ATHENS ROSS VINTON
PIKE MEIGS JACKSON WV
SCIOTO GALLIA
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WASHINGTON lost to creation of FAIRFIELD. 7,536 sq. mi.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 3:526; Chase, 3:ch. 340/pp. 2097-2098)
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WASHINGTON lost to creation of BELMONT. 7,018 sq. mi.
(Terr. Papers U.S., 3:528; Chase, 3:ch. 341/p. 2098)
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WASHINGTON lost to creation of GALLIA. 5,567 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1803, 1st assy., ch. 8/p. 19; Chase, 3:ch. 347/pp. 2100-2101)
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ASHLAND WAYNE STARK COLUMBIANA RICHLAND
CARROLL HOLMES
JEFFERSON TUSCARAWAS KNOX
COSHOCTON HARRISON
LICKING GUERNSEY BELMONT
MUSKINGUM OH
NOBLE FAIRFIELD PERRY MONROE
MORGAN
HOCKING
WASHINGTON
ATHENS
VINTON WV
JACKSON MEIGS
GALLIA
WASHINGTON lost to creation of COLUMBIANA. 5,094 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1803, 1st assy., ch. 6/p. 15; Chase, 3:ch. 346/p. 2100)
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STARK COLUMBIANA RICHLAND ASHLAND
HOLMES CARROLL
JEFFERSON TUSCARAWAS KNOX
COSHOCTON HARRISON
LICKING GUERNSEY BELMONT MUSKINGUM OH
NOBLE FAIRFIELD PERRY MONROE
MORGAN
HOCKING
WASHINGTON
ATHENS
VINTON WV
MEIGS JACKSON
GALLIA
WASHINGTON lost to creation of MUSKINGUM and implicitly lost small area to 2,530 sq. mi. COLUMBIANA [WASHINGTON was separated into two parts by this creation].
(Ohio Laws 1803, 2d assy., ch. 6, secs. 1-4/pp. 68-70; Chase, 3:ch. 349/p. 2101)
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ASHLAND CARROLL
HOLMES
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HARRISON
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MUSKINGUM created from FAIRFIELD, WASHINGTON, and a small piece of 2,850 sq. mi. COLUMBIANA.
(Ohio Laws 1803, 2d assy., ch. 6, secs. 1-4/pp. 68-70; Chase, 3:ch. 349/p. 2101)
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JEFFERSON KNOX TUSCARAWAS
HARRISON COSHOCTON
LICKING
GUERNSEY
BELMONT MUSKINGUM
OH
NOBLE MONROE
PERRY
MORGAN
HOCKING
WASHINGTON
ATHENS WV
MEIGS
WASHINGTON lost to creation of ATHENS. 1,379 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1804, 3d assy., ch. 68/p. 283; Chase, 3:ch. 351/p. 2102)
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STARK
CARROLL
HOLMES
TUSCARAWAS OH
COSHOCTON
HARRISON
GUERNSEY
TUSCARAWAS created from MUSKINGUM. 593 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1807, 6th assy., ch. 50/p. 163; Chase 3:ch. 368/pp. 2108-2109)
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CARROLL HOLMES
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HARRISON
COSHOCTON
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BELMONT MUSKINGUM
TUSCARAWAS gained from JEFFERSON. 919 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1808, 7th assy., ch. 18/p. 142; Chase, 3:ch. 374/p. 2110)
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CARROLL HOLMES
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HARRISON
COSHOCTON
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MUSKINGUM BELMONT
TUSCARAWAS lost to creation of COSHOCTON. 867 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1809, 8th assy., ch. 26, secs. 1-2/pp. 81-82; Chase, 3:ch. 381/pp. 2112- 2113)
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WAYNE STARK
CARROLL HOLMES
TUSCARAWAS OH
HARRISON COSHOCTON
GUERNSEY BELMONT MUSKINGUM
TUSCARAWAS lost to creation of HARRISON. 686 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1812, 11th assy., ch. 5., sec. 1/p. 11 and ch. 11/p. 26; Chase, 3:chs. 393, 395/pp. 2116-2117)
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WAYNE STARK
CARROLL HOLMES
TUSCARAWAS OH
HARRISON COSHOCTON
GUERNSEY BELMONT MUSKINGUM
TUSCARAWAS lost to creation of HOLMES. 659 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1823, 22d assy., loc., ch. 36/p. 50; Chase, 3:ch. 444/p. 2138)
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CARROLL
HOLMES
TUSCARAWAS OH
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HARRISON
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TUSCARAWAS lost to creation of CARROLL and lost to HARRISON. 571 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1832, 31st assy., gen., p. 8; Chase, 3:ch. 478/pp. 2146-2147)
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HOLMES
OH TUSCARAWAS
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HARRISON
GUERNSEY
TUSCARAWAS gained small area from STARK. 571 sq. mi.
(Ohio Laws 1847, 46th assy., loc., p. 79)
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