caption serviceyears laterwork branch relations death_date death_place birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label birth_date placeofburial rank signature image article_title name
rufus putnam 1775 1793 -lrb- us army -rrb- -- 1783 -lrb- continental army -rrb- 1792 -- pioneer , ohio ; judge of the northwest territory ; first to surveyor general of the united states the ohio country ; founder of marietta continental army us army persis rice -lrb- wife -rrb- 4 may 1824 marietta , ohio sutton , massachusetts united states of america 1777 place of burial 9 april 1738 mound cemetery , marietta 20px brigadier general rufusputnam.svg putnam exb.jpg rufus putnam
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rufus putnam

rufus putnam -lrb- april 9 , 1738 -- may 4 , 1824 -rrb- was a colonial military officer during the french and indian war , and a general in the continental army during the american revolutionary war .
as an organizer of the ohio company , he was instrumental in the initial settling of the northwest territory in present-day ohio following the war .
