General Putnam

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1788

Every event in Historedia whose sources name General Putnam, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Founding of Marietta, Ohio

   1788

   Role: Leader of the Ohio Company of Associates party that founded Marietta

   1. 11788 · Town of MariettaNaming of Marietta

      The settlers named the town for Marie Antoinette, the French queen who had aided the American independence cause.

   2. 2April 7, 1788 · Confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio riversArrival at the Muskingum Confluence

      Forty-eight Ohio Company of Associates men under General Putnam reached the rivers' confluence on April 7, 1788.

   3. 3End of 1788 · Marietta settlement areaPopulation by End of 1788

      By the end of 1788, 137 people populated the Marietta area, and Washington praised the settlement's auspicious start.

Sources

1. Marietta, Ohio Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30