Ebenezer Zane

Ebenezer Zane
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Ohio County
In office
December 2, 1799 – 1800
Serving with Benjamin Biggs
Preceded byArchibald Woods
Succeeded byWilliam McKinley
In office
May 5, 1783 – October 16, 1785
Serving with David Shepherd
Preceded byAndrew Robison
Succeeded byDavid Bradford
In office
May 1, 1780 – May 7, 1781
Serving with Samuel McCullouch
Preceded byAndrew Robison
Succeeded byn/a
Personal details
BornOctober 7, 1747
Moorefield, Virginia, British America
DiedNovember 19, 1811(1811-11-19) (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.

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