Begun in Zanesville, Ohio at the South West corner of 3rd and Market Streets.
It was chartered 13 May 1815 with Isaac Van Horne as President and his son in law Dr. John E. Hamm as Secretary.
Such was the nature of the craft that it was a rarity for the early glass makers to be able to read or write.
However John Hamm and Isaac Van Horne, were unlike the average early Ohio glass manufacturers, both literate.
Several examples of the bottles manufactured at the Ohio Glass Company can be found on the web as of 2007.