The Connecticut Land Company was formed in the late eighteenth century to survey and encourage settlement in the Connecticut Western Reserve, part of the Old Northwest Territory. The Western Reserve is located in Northeast Ohio with its hub being Cleveland. In 1795, the Connecticut Land Company bought three million acres (12,000 km²) of the Western Reserve. Settlers used the guidelines of the Land Ordinance of 1785, which demanded the owners survey the land before settlement. In 1796, the company began surveys and sales on property east of Cuyahoga.
The original proprieters, 57 of the wealthiest and most prominent men in Connecticut, included Oliver Phelps, the largest subscriber and chief manager of the project. In 1796, one of the largest shareholders, Moses Cleaveland, planned a settlement on the banks of the Cuyahoga River with Seth Pease. This planned settlement would become the city of Cleveland.
The Deeds for the land were executed as follows:
| No of Deeds | Names of Grantees | Integral parts of lands conveyed, divided into 1,200,000 shares |
|---|---|---|
| No 1 | Robert Charles Johnson | $60,000 |
| No 2&3 | Moses Cleaveland | $32,600 |
| No 4 | William Judd | $16,250 |
| No 5 | James Johnson | $30,000 |
| No 6 | William Law | $10,500 |
| No 7 | Daniel Holbrook | $8,750 |
| No 8 | Pierpont Edwards | $60,000 |
| No 9 | James Bull, Aaron Olmsted, John Wiles | $30,000 |
| No 10 | Elisha Hyde, Uriah Tracy | $57,400 |
| No 11 | Luther Loomis, Ebenezer King | $44,318 |
| No 12 | Roger Newberry, Enoch Perkins, Jonathan Brace | $38,000 |
| No 13 | Ephraim Root | $42,000 |
| No 14 | Ephraim Kirby, Uriel Holmes Jr, Elijah Boardman | $60,000 |
| No 15 | Oliver Phelps, Gideon Granger Jr | $80,000 |
| No 16 | Oliver Phelps | $168,185 |
| No 17 | John Caldwell, Peleg Sanford | $15,000 |
| No 18 | Soloman Cowles | $10,000 |
| No 19 | Soloman Griswold | $10,000 |
| No 20 | Henry Champion 2d | $85,675 |
| No 21 | Samuel P Lord | $14,092 |
| No 22 | Jazeb Stocking, Joshua Stow | $11,423 |
| No 23 | Timothy Burr | $15,231 |
| No 24 | Caleb Atwater | $22,846 |
| No 25 | Titus Street | $22,846 |
| No 26 | Elias Morgan, Daniel Lathrop Coit | $51,402 |
| No 27 | Joseph Howland, Daniel Lathrop Coit | $30,461 |
| No 28 | Asher Miller | $34,000 |
| No 29 | Ephraim Starr | $17,415 |
| No 30 | Joseph Williams | $15,231 |
| No 31 | William Lyman, John Stoddard, David King | $24,730 |
| No 32 | Nehemiah Hubbard Jr | $19,039 |
| No 33 | Asahel Hathaway | $12,000 |
| No 34 | William Hart | $30,462 |
| No 35 | Samuel Mather Jr | $18,461 |
| No 36 | Sylvanus Griswold | $1,683 |
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