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Near Bainbridge in Ross County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Home of General Nathaniel Massie
Built 1800, One Fourth Mile South

Home of General Nathaniel Massie Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Jamie Abel, August 4, 2012

1. Home of General Nathaniel Massie Marker

Inscription. Nathaniel Massie, born Goochland County, Virginia, December 28, 1763, 1800 married Sarah Everard Mead, died November 13, 1813.

Revolutionary soldier; surveyor of wilderness then known as Northwest Territory and locator of Revolutionary War land grants.

1780-87 Cut road Lexington, Kentucky, to Great Kanawha River.

1791 Founded Manchester, Ohio.

1790-94 Explored Little Miami and Scioto Rivers to their sources.

April 1796 Founded Chillicothe, Ohio.

Massie was member of convention framing first Ohio constitution. Was first Speaker of State Legislature.

1799 Organized first militia northwest Territory. Commissioned major general.

1803 Founded Bainbridge, Ohio. One of fourteen towns founded by him.

Erected 1938 by Ohio Society, Daughters of the American Colonists.

Location. 39° 13.25′ N, 83° 17.653′ W. Marker is near Bainbridge, Ohio, in Ross County. Marker is on U.S. 50 half a mile west of State Route 41, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 660 U.S. 50, Bainbridge OH 45612, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Last Battle in the Scioto Country (approx. 3.3 miles away); PP African American Settlement / Eden Baptist Church (approx. 9.7 miles away); Travellers Rest Inn (approx. 10.1 miles away); Smith Tannery (approx. 10.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 10.2 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 10.2 miles away); Greenfield, Ohio, Timeline (approx. 10.2 miles away); Corner Pharmacy (approx. 10.2 miles away).

By Jamie Abel, August 4, 2012

2. Home of General Nathaniel Massie Marker

Also see . . .
1. Nathaniel Massie and the Paint Creek Fight of 1795. Blog discusses the nearby fight at Reeves' Crossing. (Submitted on August 6, 2012, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio.)

2. Nathaniel Massie. Ohio Historical Society biographical sketch. (Submitted on August 6, 2012, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio.)

By Jamie Abel, August 4, 2012

3. Home of General Nathaniel Massie Marker

Present day farmhouse in the background where the marker designates site of Massie home.

By Jamie Abel, August 4, 2012

4. Home of General Nathaniel Massie Marker

Marker with U.S. Route 50, heading east toward Bainbridge, Ohio.

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 6, 2012, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. This page has been viewed 99 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 6, 2012, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.