Moravian Indian Grants

In the nineteenth century, these natives moved west, and the government sold the land to white people.

[1] In May, 1772 came Schoenbrunn, followed by Gnadenhutten in October that year and Salem (south of modern-day Port Washington, Ohio in 1780.

[3] When it was learned in the East that these victims had not participated in massacres on settlers as previously thought, Congress acted to provide reparations to them.

It read in part: And be it further ordained, That the towns of Gnadenhutten, Schoenbrun, and Salem, on the Muskingum, and so much of the lands adjoining to the said towns, with the buildings and improvements thereon, shall be reserved for the sole use of the Christian Indians, who were formerly settled there, or the remains of that society, as may, in the judgment of the geographer, be sufficient for them to cultivate.

The Act of June 1, 1796 established the United States Military District in the Tuscarawas Valley and elsewhere.