18th Century

To begin on the bank of the Ohio, where Elk river or Eagle creek empties into the same, and run from thence duo north, until it intersects the southern boundary of the county of Ross;and all and singular the lands lying between the said north line and Elk river or Eagle creek shall, after the said first day of September next, be separated from the county of Hamilton, and added to the county of Adams.

The Western boundary of the County of Hamilton shall begin at the spot on the bank of the Ohio River where the general boundary line between the lands of the United States and the Indian Tribes, established at Greeneville on the third day of August 1795 so intersects the bank of that River & run with that general boundary line to Fort Recovery;and from thence by a line to be drawn due north from Fort Recovery until it intersects the Southern boundary line of the County of Wayne, and the said line from the Ohio to Fort Recovery and from thence to the southern boundary of the County of Wayne shall also be the eastern boundary of the County of Knox

Beginning at the mouth of Cuyahoga river, upon lake Erie, and with the said river to the Portage, between it and the Tuscarawa branch of the Muskingum;thence down the said branch to the forks, at the carrying place above fort Lawrence;thence by a west line, to the eastern boundary of Hamilton county, (which is a due north line from the lower Shawnese town upon the Scioto river) thence by a line west-northerly to the southern part of the Portage

Beginning at the forty-second mile tree, on the line of the original grant of land by the United States to the Ohio company, which line was run by Israel Ludlow, and running from thence west, until it shall intersect a line to be drawn due north from the mouth of Elk river, (commonly called Eagle creek) and from the point of intersection running north, to the southern boundary of the county of Wayne, and from thence easterly with the said boundary of Wayne

Be it enacted, &c. That the line dividing said counties shall be as follows, to wit: beginning on the Ohio river at the southern boundary of the fourth township in third range of those seven ranges of townships, that were surveyed in conformity to the ordinance of congress of the twentieth of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and with said southern boundary of said township west to the southwest corner of the seventh township in the sixth range;thence north along the western boundary of the said range to the termination thereof, continued a north line until it strikes the southern boundary line of the Connecticut reserve.

Whereas by an Ordinance of Congress bearing Date the thirteenth of July one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven for the Settlement of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the river Ohio it has been provided that for the due Execution Process civil and criminal the Governour shall make proper Division of the said Territory and proceed from Time to Time as Circumstances may require to lay out the same into Counties & Townships

Whereas by an Ordinance of Congress bearing Date—the thirteenth of July one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven for the Settlement of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the river Ohio it has been provided that for the due Execution of Process civil and criminal the Governour shall make proper Division of the said Territory and proceed from Time to time as Circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the same into Counties and Townships

On the 2^d of January³⁵ His Excellency arrived at Fort Washington in the Purchase of Judge Symmes & on the 4^th was pleased to order & direct that the whole of the Lands lying & being within the following Boundaries Viz: Beginning on the Bank of the Ohio River at the Confluence of the little Miami & down the said Ohio River to the Mouth of the big Miami & up said Miami to the standing Stone Forks or Branch of said River & thence with a Line to be drawn due East to the little Miami & down said little Miami River to the Place of Beginning should be a County by the Name & Style of the County of Hamilton³⁶ And the same was accordingly laid off agreeably to the Form, Pages 14^th & 15^th of this Vol