Editing Columbus, Ohio (section)

====Virginia Military District====
{{Main|Virginia Military District}}
After the American Revolution, the [[Virginia Military District]] became part of the Ohio Country as a territory of Virginia. Colonists from the East Coast moved in, but rather than finding an empty [[frontier]], they encountered people of the [[Miami people|Miami]], [[Lenape|Delaware]], [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]], [[Shawnee]] and [[Mingo]] nations, as well as European traders. The tribes resisted expansion by the fledgling United States, leading to years of bitter conflict. The decisive [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]] resulted in the [[Treaty of Greenville]] in 1795, which finally opened the way for new settlements. By 1797, a young surveyor from Virginia named [[Lucas Sullivant]] had founded a permanent settlement on the west bank of the forks of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers. An admirer of [[Benjamin Franklin]], Sullivant chose to name his frontier village "[[Franklinton (Columbus, Ohio)|Franklinton]]."<ref>Lentz, p. 33</ref> The location was desirable for its proximity to the navigable rivers – but Sullivant was initially foiled when, in 1798, a large flood wiped out the new settlement.<ref>Moore, p. 101</ref> He persevered, and the village was rebuilt, though somewhat more inland.

After the Revolution, land comprising parts of Franklin and adjacent counties was set aside by the [[United States Congress]] for settlement by [[Canadians]] and [[Nova Scotia]]ns who were sympathetic to the colonial cause and had their land and possessions seized by the British government. The [[Refugee Tract]], consisting of {{convert|103000|acre}}, was {{convert|42|mile}} long and {{convert|3-4.5|mile}} wide, and was claimed by 67 eligible men. The Ohio Statehouse sits on land once contained in the Refugee Tract.<ref name="Lands">{{cite book|last=Knepper|first=George W.|title=The Official Ohio Lands Book|publisher=The Auditor of the State of Ohio|page=51|url=https://ohioauditor.gov/publications/OhioLandsBook.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024222807/https://ohioauditor.gov/publications/OhioLandsBook.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |url-status=live|date=2002|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>