Putnam, Rufus
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born April 9, 1738, in Sutton, Mass. In 1783 he was made brigadiergeneral; was aid to General Lincoln during Shay's rebellion; and in 1778 was superintendent of the Ohio company, and founded Marietta, Ohio. In 1789 he was judge of the supreme court of northwest territory; in 1792 was brigadier-general of Wayne's army; and in 1793, as United States commissioner, concluded an important treaty with eight tribes of Indians at Vincennes, Ind. From 1793 to 1803 he was United States surveyor-general, and was a member of the constitutional convention of Ohio. He died May 1, 1824, in Marietta, Ohio.