Ohio Company
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The Ohio Company, formally known as the Ohio Company of Virginia, was a land speculation company organized for the settlement by Virginians of the Ohio Country and to trade with the Native Americans.
Thomas Lee, president of the Virginia Council of State, organized the Ohio Company of Virginia in 1748.
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Ohio Company of Associates
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The Ohio Company of Associates, also known as the Ohio Company, was a land company whose members are today credited with becoming the first non-Native American group to permanently settle west of the
Ohio Company
…outbreak of the American Revolutionary War interrupted colonization and nothing was accomplished. The London-based company ceased operations in 1776. The Ohio Company of Associates was organized in 1786, composed largely of New England veterans who had certificates for land from Congress for their services during the Revolution…
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20th-century artist’s impression of a pioneer wagon bound for the Ohio country in the late 1700s.