Zane's Tracts

[1][2] The late 1780s and early 1790s was a time of considerable bloodshed along the frontier during the Northwest Indian War, which formally ended with the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.

In March, 1796, Ebenezer Zane presented a petition to Congress to establish a road, (trace), between Wheeling and Limestone, Kentucky, (today Maysville).

He also was required to have a road opened by Jan 1, 1797, and have ferries established at the river crossings, with rates approved by judges of the Northwest Territory.

They did not finish until some months after the January 1, 1797 agreement, in the summer of 1797,[1] but president Adams issued patents for the three tracts along the rivers anyway in 1800.

[1] Zane gave this tract to his brother Jonathan, and son-in-law McIntire, with the deed finally signed in December 1800, for their services in laying out the road.

They, in turn, leased it to William McCullough, (a relative), and Henry Crooks for five years, provided they operated the ferry.