Greenville Treaty Line Flag

The Greenville Treaty Line flag is a heritage flag that marks the dividing line between Newcomer and Native Americans in the Northwestern Territories.  The treaty was signed on August 3, 1795 and allowed much of Southern Ohio to be settled.  This flag is based upon the official flag of Ohio but with some modifications.  It is a regular square flag and the stripes are green and white instead of red and white.  Also, the stars in the tri-canton are arranged in a border arrangement. Like the flag of Ohio there are 17 stars, but these stars represent the 17 points of land agreed to this treaty.  16 points were beyond the treaty line, which included Chicago, Detroit, and Sandusky.  The 17th star represent the US area of Ohio and Indiana gained by the treaty.   The stripes are green in honor of the name Greenville.


This is post historical flag created in 2019.  It was created to bring alive the heritage of the Northwest Territory.  Remember that history is always being rewritten with new points of view. This flag can be flown anywhere across the treaty line and the other 16 parcels of land stipulated in the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.




You can read the treaty here at Yale:
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/greenvil.asp