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In 1784, Virginia ceded all of its Northwest Territory to the federal government except this tract, which was reserved to satisfy land bounties owed to its Revolutionary War soldiers. The Virginia Military District extended from the Scioto River in the east to the Little Miami River in the west, and from the Ohio River on the south to the town of Kenton in the north. The district contained over 4 million acres of land. Nathaniel Massie founded Manchester, the fourth oldest settlement in Ohio, as a base for his surveying operations. Founded in 1791 and sometimes called Massie’s Station, Manchester was populated largely by settlers coming from Kentucky and Virginia.
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