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|content=[[Wayne County, Ohio]] has a history of great activity in wartime. With the Northwest Territory came great opportunity for westward expansion and the opportunity to own affordable land. Many soldiers of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 received land in what became Ohio. Not all soldiers settled west. Often times, descendants of those war soldiers and early founders of the country came west to look for greater opportunity. Many settled in Wayne County, Ohio. Local history books includes lists of soldiers who served or was known to have been pensioners of the early wars. Other resources include lists of [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silver/waynevet/vet_home.html soldiers buried in Wayne County, Ohio].
|content=[[Wayne County, Ohio]] has a history of great activity in wartime. With the Northwest Territory came great opportunity for westward expansion and the opportunity to own affordable land. Many soldiers of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 received land in what became Ohio. Not all soldiers settled west. Often times, descendants of those war soldiers and early founders of the country came west to look for greater opportunity. Many settled in Wayne County, Ohio. Local history books includes lists of soldiers who served or was known to have been pensioners of the early wars. Other resources include lists of [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silver/waynevet/vet_home.html soldiers buried in Wayne County, Ohio].