Editing Perrysburg, Ohio (section)

===War of 1812===
When the War of 1812 progressed toward Northwest Ohio, [[William Henry Harrison|General William Henry Harrison]] ordered the construction of the fort, beginning in February 1813. Harrison was General [[Anthony Wayne]]'s former aide-de-camp. Later he was elected as the country's ninth president. The installation was named [[Fort Meigs]] in honor of Ohio's fourth governor, [[Return J. Meigs, Jr.|Return Jonathan Meigs]]. Fort Meigs was constructed on a bluff above the [[Maumee River]], and built from a design by army engineer Captain [[Eleazer D. Wood]], for whom the county would be named. Two critical battles with the British were fought at the fort during the [[War of 1812]].

Early settlers in the area fled to Huron during the War of 1812. They returned to settle in the floodplain below Fort Meigs, calling the settlement Orleans. They moved to higher ground after being flooded out.

Alexander Bourne led a surveying team to plan and plat Perrysburg. He was appointed to that position by Edward Tiffin, Surveyor General of the United States. This survey was performed in late June and early July 1816, by surveyors Joseph Wampler and William Brookfield under the auspices of Bourne and [[Josiah Meigs]], Surveyor General of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx2zpj;view=1up;seq=539 |title=History of the Maumee River Basin from the Earliest Account to Its Organization into Counties |first=Charles Elihu|last=Slocum|year=1905|page=517 |publisher=Charles Elihu Slocum|location=[[Defiance, Ohio]]|lccn=05019553|oclc=893929422|access-date=January 2, 2018|via=[[HathiTrust]] Digital Library}}</ref>

Some postings on the Internet have claimed that [[Pierre Charles L'Enfant|Charles Pierre L'Enfant]], noted designer of Washington, DC, had also surveyed and platted Perrysburg, Ohio. Prior to the city's 200th anniversary celebration, the Historical Society hired former engineers to assess this claim. The researchers studied local, state and federal archives, but found no support for this position.<ref name="history">{{cite news|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Our-Town-Home-Sylvania/Our-Town-News/2016/04/10/History-sleuths-say-city-s-origin-story-false.html|title=Perrysbury Turns 200: History sleuths say city's origin story false: Link to architect of D.C. questioned|last=Thompson|first=Matt|work=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=[[Toledo, Ohio]]|date=April 10, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102220309/http://www.toledoblade.com/Our-Town-Home-Sylvania/Our-Town-News/2016/04/10/History-sleuths-say-city-s-origin-story-false.html|archive-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name="speakers">{{cite news|last=Gordon|first=Emily|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/news/survey-says-perrysburg-wasn-t-platted-by-historic-designer/article_35593944-0241-11e6-8633-ffad3b2394b7.html|title=Survey says: Perrysburg wasn't platted by historic designer: Speakers rebut notion that L'Enfant laid out city|work=Sentinel-Tribune |location=[[Bowling Green, Ohio]]|date=April 14, 2016 |access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>