"John Hilterbrand and David Hix were soldiers under Clark. Coming to Illinois in 1780, they settled on the east side of Kaskaskia River near the mouth of Nine-Mile Creek, where they doubtless died."
"The first considerable American immigration was in 1780 when a colony of pioneers reached Kaskaskia from the southern states, to be followed by many from the country east of the Alleghanies. Among the number were many soldiers of the American Revolution."
2 January, 1778 Clark had orders to raise a militia in Kentucky to protect Kentucky settlers. This from the governor of Virginia. The Gov. ordered 7 companies of 50 men each. Troops moved down the Ohio through Fort Pitt. 153 soldiers went to Fort Pitt. The captains in command were: Bowman, Helm, Harrod, and Montgomery. A few families came from Fort Pitt to Corn Island. clark erected a fort for their protection. When he left, these people moved to the Kentucky side and founded Louisville, KY. (See Draper papers).
The expedition stopped at the mouth of the Tennessee and went on across southern Illinois by land. . . . Kaskaskia was attacked first.
"the said act further provides -- 'That every soldier who enlisted in the Corps of Volunteers commanded by George Rogers Clark, and continued therein until the taking of the several British posts in the Illinois country, shall at the end of the war be entitled to a grant of two hundred acres of any unappropriated land within this commonwealth,"
| Rogers, John (Capt.) | 4,000 acres | Feb. 1783 |
| Williams, John (Capt.) | 4,000 acres | Dec. 1791 |
| Williams, Jarret (Lieut.) | 2,666 acres | Mar. 1784 |