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MOUND IN CEMETERY
OLDEST BUILDING IN OHIO
MARIETTA OHIO
KETT
OLD BLOCK HOUSE
OHIO COMANY
OFF ASSOCIATES.
THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES
THE FIRST PERMANENT
SETTLEMENT IN THE TERRITORY NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO CONSECRATED TO
FREEDOM BY THE ORDINANCE OF 1787, AND THE FIRST ORGANIZATION OF ITS FREE
INSTITUTIONS MANASSEH CUTLER REPRESENTING SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
ARMY ORGANIZED AS THE OHIO COMPANY OF ASSOCIATES PURCHASED FROM THE
BOARD OF TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES ON AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS JULY 2741787 A MILLION AND A HALF ACRES OF THESE
WASTE AND VACANT LANDS.THE FIRST BODY OF SETTLERS FORTY-EIGHT
IN NUMBER HEADED BY GENERAL RUFUS PUTNAM LANDED AT THE MOUTH
OF THE MUSKINGUM ON APRIL 741788 GENERAL ARTHUR ST CLAIR
FIRST GOVERNOR REACHED FORT HARMAR ON JULY 91788 AND UPON
HIS OFFICIAL ENTRY INTO MARIETTA ON JULY 15 CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN
THE TERRITORY WAS ESTABLISHED
DIRECTORY SV THE OHIO COMPANY 237
CENERAL RUFUS PUTNAM
GENERAL SAMUEL HOLDEN PARSONS
MAJOR WINTHROP SARGENT TELITALY
DILECTORY 1905
WHY LAW RID
HOMEX LYY
JOND ANCHOOLD
WILLIAM W MILLE
WILLIAMY RIVK
REVEREND MANASSEH CUTLER
GENERAL JAMES MITCHELL VARNUM
COLONEL RICHARD PLATT TREASURER
BLOND
MEMORIAL TABLET
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