What is the history of Lewistown, Ohio?
The area around Lewistown was populated by several Native Americans in the United StatesNative American tribes resettled as a result of the Treaty of Fort Meigs. This treaty, signed on September 29, 1817 also provided for the University of Michigan, as well as other grants. Lewistown was the site of several treatytreaties made between the United States and a combined party of Seneca nationSeneca and Shawnee. On July 20, 1831, James B. Gardiner, acting on behalf of President of the United States of AmericaU.S. President Andrew Jackson, signed a treaty with these Seneca and Shawnee which stipulated, in part: :The Seneca and Shawnee Indians, residing at and around Lewistown in the State of Ohio, in consideration of the stipulations herein made on the part of the United States, do for ever cede, release and quit claim deedquit claim to the United States, the lands granted to them by patent in fee simple by the sixth article of the treaty made at the foot of the rapids of the Maumee RiverMi
