How to find your land
Original land patents and old deeds often describe the location of lands by Range, Township, Section, and Quarter sections mapped under provisions of the Northwest Ordinance enacted on 13 July 1787. To determine where the land mentioned in a deed is located you must know where each Range, Township and Section are located. The table below shows the Township and Range numbers for each township in Summit County to help you determine where your ancestor's land was located.
| Bath | T3N, R12W | Franklin | T2N, R10W | Northampton | T3N, R11W | Springfield | T1N, R10W |
| Boston | T4N, R11W | Green | T12N, R9W | Norton | T1N, R12W | Stow | T3N, R10W |
| Copley | T2N, R12W | Hudson | T4N, R10W | Portage | T2N, R11W | Tallmadge | T2N, R10W |
| Coventry | T2N, R11W | Northfield | T5N, R11W | Richfield | T4N, R 12W | Twinsburg | T5N, R10W |
A booklet titled "Ohio Lands: A Short History
is available from the Ohio Auditor of State.
Go to http://wwew.state.oh.us/auditor/
Click on "Publications" and near the bottom is "Ohio Lands Book."
It is in PDF format, but you can downoad the Adobe Acrobat Reader from
the site if you do not have it.
Provided by: SUMMIT COUNTY CHAPTER, OGS
P O Box 2232
Akron OH 44309-2232e-mail: SummitOGS@acorn.net
Last modified March 27, 2000
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