 William Stacy was a prominent and active member of the pioneer settlement of Marietta . He superintended the construction of a stockade known as Picketed Point to protect the settlers from Indians , he was an officer in the militia , and he was an officer on the first board of police . Additionally , he served as an officer of the township of Marietta , and he owned one of two hand mills in the settlement . William Stacy was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati and an original member of the American Union Lodge No. 1 ( Freemasons ) at Marietta ; the name of this lodge was reportedly suggested by Benjamin Franklin , and the seal engraved by Paul Revere . Stacy was honored with the position of foreman of the first Grand Jury in the Northwest Territory . This was an important event , as this court was the first establishment of civil and criminal law in the pioneer country . 
