Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed

Chapman

Benefactor

1774 - 1845

First Nursery

1811 - 1828

Marker is on East River Drive (Ohio Route 424) 0.2 miles west of East High Street.

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Johnny “Appleseed” Land Lease and Nursery

John “Appleseed” Chapman (b. September 26, 1774—d. March 18, 1845) was the first lessee of this 160 acre tract (NW ¼, S 20, T 20, R 16), when he secured it for 99 years from the Virginia Military District School ...

Johnny Appleseed's Early Landholdings

This is the site of Johnny Appleseed's earliest known recorded landholdings. Appleseed (whose legal name was John Chapman) purchased two parcels from Joseph Walker on September 14, 1809: Mount Vernon town lot 147, upon which you stand, and lot 145, ...

Bailey and Barclay Halls / Johnny Appleseed

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Bailey and Barclay Halls

Urbana University was established by the Swedenborgian Church in 1850. Bailey Hall (1853), named after Francis Bailey (1735-1815), was designed by W. Russell West, architect of the Statehouse of Ohio. Bailey was an American ...

Johnny Appleseed

John Chapman, an actual person as well as a folk hero, lived nearby along French Creek between 1797 and 1804. Records indicate he had a nursery there and one near Warren, Pa., before moving on to Ohio. Born 1774 in ...

Birthplace of Johnny Appleseed

Near this site was born

John Chapman

known as

Johnny Appleseed

Sept. 26, 1774 — Mar. 18, 1845

Marker is on Johnny Appleseed Lane 0.3 miles south of Mechanic Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Johnny Appleseed

John Chapman, an actual person as well as a folk hero, lived nearby along French Creek between 1797 and 1804. Records indicate he had a nursery there and one near Warren, Pa., before moving on to Ohio. Born 1774 in ...

"Johnny Appleseed" Monument

(Within This Park)

John Chapman - better known as “Johnny Appleseed” - Pioneer Apple Nurseryman - lived in & around Mansfield for 20 years - 1810 to 1830.

Marker is at the intersection of Brinkerhoff Avenue and Summit Street, on the right ...