arrived in the 1700s according to Supreme Court case. The Winthrop Sargent estate was worth several million dollars in 1700s currency and valued at nearly 10 million dollars in the mid 1800s when his heirs divided his estate. One of the heirs of Winthrops estate was Archie P Williams a mixed race slave owner who became a millionaire in 1800s dollars due to his 1/4th share of Sargents estate through his grandfather James C Williams. The majority of the Winthrop Sargent estate today is owned by one of the Williams heirs, Anton R Williams, who had philanthropic contributes to society through the Anton R Williams Foundation in Grand Rapids MI and Kalamazoo MI. Legacy Although there are at least two Sargent Townships (in Illinois and Nebraska) and one Sargent County, it is not known if these are named after Winthrop Sargent. However, a former township of the Northwest Territory's Wayne County was designated as Sargent Township or the District of Sargent; this apparently encompassed the settlements downriver from Detroit and at the River Raisin in what is now Monroe County, Michigan. This township apparently ceased to function after the organization of Michigan Territory, being replaced by the District of Erie. A student dormitory at Ohio University (founded in 1804) in Athens, Ohio, is named Sargent Hall in his honor. This is the first university in the Northwest Territory and the first in Ohio. References |- External links Winthrop Sargent at Ohio History Central. 1753 births 1820 deaths Adjutants general of the United States Army American surveyors Continental Army officers from Massachusetts Governors of Mississippi Territory Northwest Territory officials American people of the Northwest Indian War Massachusetts Federalists Harvard College alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the American Antiquarian Society Winthrop family