Ephraim Kimberly Grant

By resolutions of September 16 and 18, 1776, and August 12, September 22, and October 3, 1780, they proposed to give each officer or private continuously to serve in the United States army until the close of the war, or until discharged, or to the representatives of those slain by the enemy, tract sizes dependent on rank.

Ephraim Kimberly, (October 22, 1738, September 8, 1795) (Company of the 2nd Connecticut) is recognized as a patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution Society.

On April 8, 1794, Congress granted Kimberly 300 acres (1.2 km2) in an act entitled “AN ACT to authorize Ephraim Kimberly to locate the land warrant issued to him for services in the late American Army”[5] The Tract was surveyed by Absalom Martin, and was the first deed recorded in Jefferson County, Ohio, located in Warren Township.

In modern times, Rayland, Ohio lies at the mouth of Short Creek.

This Jefferson County, Ohio state location article is a stub.