Ebenezer Zane
Ebenezer Zane | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Ohio County | |
| In office December 2, 1799 – 1800 Serving with Benjamin Biggs | |
| Preceded by | Archibald Woods |
| Succeeded by | William McKinley |
| In office May 5, 1783 – October 16, 1785 Serving with David Shepherd | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Robison |
| Succeeded by | David Bradford |
| In office May 1, 1780 – May 7, 1781 Serving with Samuel McCullouch | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Robison |
| Succeeded by | n/a |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 7, 1747 Moorefield, Virginia, British America |
| Died | November 19, 1811 (aged 64) Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia, U.S. |
Ebenezer Zane (October 7, 1747 – November 19, 1811) was an American pioneer, soldier, politician, road builder and land speculator. Born in the Colony of Virginia (possibly near what became Moorefield, West Virginia), Zane established a settlement near Fort Henry which became Wheeling (also in present-day West Virginia), on the Ohio River. He also blazed an early road through the Ohio Country to Limestone (now Maysville, Kentucky) known as Zane's Trace.