Greene Ville Treaty Line

Surveyed by Israel Ludlow, 1797–1799

Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 11, 2020

1. Greene Ville Treaty Line Marker

Inscription. The Greene Ville Treaty was signed with the Indians is 1795. Locating the dividing line between the United States (Northwest Territory) and Indian land was the problem of General Rufus Putnam, Surveyor General of the United States, under whom the survey was made. Marking the treaty line was a great engineering feat. The early surveyors west of the Alleghenies lived a strenuous life harassed by malaria, mosquitoes, the ague and the savages. The treaty line passes through Cardington near this spot.

Erected 1964 by the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers, Citizens of Cardington, and The Ohio Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1795.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 40° 30.02′ N, 82° 53.737′ W. Marker was in Cardington, Ohio, in Morrow County. It was at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 42) and Park Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. Located in Heritage Park. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 101 Park St, Cardington OH 43315, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

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At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Cardington Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); History of Maxwell Park (approx. 0.4 miles away); Edison (approx. 4.1 miles away); Welcome to Pizza Hut Classic (approx. 4.2 miles away); a different marker also named Edison (approx. 4.3 miles away); Victory Shaft (approx. 4.9 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 4.9 miles away); Dawn Powell (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cardington.

More about this marker. This orphaned Ohio Historical Society historical marker is in need of cleaning and repainting. It is not listed in the society's list at RemarkableOhio.org

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . . Wikipedia entry for the Treaty of Greenville. Excerpt:

The Treaty of Greenville, formally titled Treaty with the Wyandots, etc., was a 1795 treaty between the United States and Indians of the Northwest Territory including the Wyandot and Delaware, which redefined the boundary between Indian lands and Whiteman's lands in the Northwest Territory.

It was signed at Fort Greenville, now Greenville, Ohio, on August 3, 1795, following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers a year earlier. It ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country,
Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 11, 2020

2. Greene Ville Treaty Line Marker at the War Veterans Memorial
limited Indian Country to northwestern Ohio, and began the practice of annual payments following land concessions. The parties to the treaty were a coalition of Native American tribes known as the Western Confederacy, and the United States government represented by General Anthony Wayne and local frontiersmen.

(Submitted on January 12, 2020.)

Close Up of Map on the Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 11, 2020

3. Close Up of Map on the Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,201 times since then and 70 times this year. Last updated on January 17, 2021, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 12, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.