Isaac zane ohio biography

Isaac participated in the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, which brought an end to the Northwest Indian Wars in the Ohio Territory.
Isaac Zane served as an intermediary between colonial Americans and the Indian nations of the area.
He gave me the family history of Isaac Zane and his wife - whom.

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Isaac Zane (abt. 1753 - 1816)

Isaac"White Eagle"[uncertain]Zane

Born about in Berkeley, Virginia

Ancestors

Son of William Andrew Zane and Nancy Anna (Nolan) Zane

Brother of Silas Zane, Ebenezer Zane, Jonathan Zane, Andrew Zane and Elizabeth (Zane) McLaughlin

Descendants

Father of Ebenezer Zane, William Zane, Isaac Zane, Nancy (Zane) McColloch, Elizabeth (Zane) Reed, Sarah (Zane) Armstrong and Catherine (Zane) Long

Died at about age 63in Zanesfield, Champaign County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Introduction

So many things have been said and written about Isaac Zane that it is difficult to winnow the wheat from the chaff, and to write a true story about his life and deeds. ^[1]

These words of Gen. Robert P. Kennedy, written 115 years ago, still ring true today. Nevertheless, we persist. Like many associated with early Wyandots, this Isaac Zane's story relies heavily on folklore, oral tradition and largely unsourced historical accounts and references.

Isaac was bo

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His grandfather Isaac Zane had been buried in 1813 - and of course

he attended the funeral.

He gave me the family history of Isaac Zane and his wife - whom

of course he distinctly remembered and told me of the marriage of

Isaac Zane to the daughter of Tarhe, who he said was his great-grand-

father. At the time he left for Canada they were just cutting the brush

out of the main street of Bellefontaine the new village.

There died here lately Mrs. Garwood, a grand-daughter of Wm.

McCulloch, the son-in-law of Isaac Zane, and she and her brothers who

visited her some time since, were full of the family tradition as I have

given it to you, both of them being between 80 and 90 years old.

P. Zane Grey, of Columbus, uses the story of Zane's marriage to

the Chief's daughter, but I think he does not give the name of the father

of Isaac's wife. (His book is "Betty Zane").

Grey gives an account of the atte

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The Story of Myeerah

Isaac and Myeerah Zane* &n