Indian Land Grants
Indian Land Grants were land tracts granted to various Indians (Indigenous peoples of North America) by Treaty or by United States Congressional action in the Nineteenth century in northwestern Ohio. Grants near St. Mary's River Jean Baptiste Richardville Jean Baptiste Richardville was principal chief of the Miami tribe. He was granted tracts of land by the 1818 Treaty of St. Mary's. In Ohio, Article 3 granted "Two sections, on the Twenty-seven mile creek, where the road from St. Mary's to Fort Wayne crosses it, being one section on each side of said creek." This tract was partially in Township 27 North Range 15 East of the Second Principal Meridian in Adams County, Indiana, and part in T3S of R1E of the First Principal Meridian in Van Wert County, Ohio. Peter Labadie In Article 3 of the Treaty of St. Mary's, Peter Labadie was granted 640 acres of land on the St. Mary's River in Van Wert County, Ohio and Mercer County, Ohio in T3S R1E and T4S R1E of the First Principal Meridian. Charley A Miami chief named Charley was granted 640 acres of land on the west side of the St. Mary's river by Article 3 of the Treaty of St. Mary's. It was located in T4S R1E and T4S R2E of the First Principal Meridian in Mercer County, Ohio. Black Loon Crescent A survey on the St. Mary's river is known as Black Loon Crescent. In Article 3 of the Treaty of St. Mary's, Black Loon, or Macultamunqua, was granted 640 acres on the north side of the river, while Crescent, or Wemetche, was granted 640 acres on the opposite side. The survey is in T4S R2E of the First Principal Meridian. Anthony Shane Anthony Shane, a man of mixed European and Ottawa parentage, lived along the St. Mary's river prior to the War of 1812 at his place of business known as Shane's Crossing. For his services to the United States during that war, in 1815 Congress granted him 320 acres on the south side of the river at his home. In the Treaty of Fort Meigs, he was granted an additional 640 acres on the opposite side of the river. This tract is in Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio, T4S R2E of the First Principal Meridian. Louis Godfroy The Treaty of St. Mary's granted Louis Godfroy six sections, (3840 acres), upstream of the Shane tracts on the St. Mary's river. This is in T4S R2E of the First Principal Meridian, in Mercer County. Grants on the Auglaize River Captain Logan In 1786, during Logan's Raid, General Benjamin Logan of Kentucky took a number of hostages, including a Shawnee youngster named Spemica Lawba, who came to be known as Captain Logan. He was later exchanged and returned to his own people, and became a chief. He scouted for the Americans in the War of 1812 and died after a skirmish. The Treaty of Fort Meigs granted Captain Logan's surviving children 640 acres on the east side of