Nathaniel Massie

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Nathaniel Massie
Speaker of the Ohio Senate
In office
March 1, 1803 – December 4, 1803
Preceded bynew office
Succeeded byDaniel Symmes
Personal details
Born(1763-12-28)December 28, 1763
Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe
Political partyDemocratic-Republican

Nathaniel Massie (December 28, 1763 – November 13, 1813) was a frontier surveyor in the

governor
, but he refused the office.

Early life

A native of the

major general in the Ohio militia
.

Political career

Massie served as a

Presidential elector for Thomas Jefferson in 1804 and James Madison in 1808.[3] He was a Trustee of Ohio University from 1804 to 1808.[4] Massie served in the General Assembly and was the first president of the Ohio Senate
.

Death

Massie led troops in the

Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio.[5]

Legacy

The Nathaniel Massie Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in Chillicothe is named in the general's honor, as is Massie Township in Warren County, Ohio and the Clinton-Massie Local School District that serves the area.

Massie is a member of the Ohio Hall of Fame.

A monument to Massie stands along U.S. Route 50, just west of Bainbridge, a town he founded. It commemorates his life, as well as marking the approximate location of his home in the Paint Valley. The memorial was dedicated in September 1938.[6]

The inscription on the monument reads: "Home Of General Nathaniel Massie. Built 1800, One Fourth Mile South. Nathaniel Massie, Born Goochland County, Virginia, December 28, 1763, 1800 Married Sarah Everard Mead, Died November 13, 1813. Revolutionary Soldier; Surveyor Of Wilderness Then Known As Northwest Territory And Locator Of Revolutionary War Land Grants. 1786-87 Cut Road Lexington, Kentucky To Great Kanawha River. 1791 Founded Manchester, Ohio. 1790-94 Explored Little Miami And Scioto Rivers To Their Sources. April 1796 Founded Chillicothe, Ohio. Massie Was Member Of Convention Framing First Ohio Constitution. Was First Speaker Of State Legislature. 1799 Organized First Militia Northwest Territory. Commissioned Major General. 1805 Founded Bainbridge, Ohio, One Of Fourteen Towns Founded By Him. Erected By The Ohio Society Daughters Of The American Colonists - Sept. 21, 1938."

  • Nathaniel Massie monument located on US Highway 50 west of Bainbridge, Ohio.
    Nathaniel Massie monument located on US Highway 50 west of Bainbridge, Ohio.
  • Memorial plaque on Nathaniel Massie monument.
    Memorial plaque on Nathaniel Massie monument.

References

  1. ^ "Massie, Nathaniel" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. IV. 1900. p. 250.
  2. Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications
    . V: 131–132.
  3. ^ Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 1. State of Ohio. p. 64.
  4. ISBN 9780608396323
    .
  5. ^ "Grandview Cemetery". Grandview Cemetery. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  6. ^ Ohio Historical Society.

External sources

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