Virginia provided this land grant in 1781 to General George Rogers Clark and his men for American Revolutionary War service against the British in the Illinois country. The grant contained 150,000 acres divided into 298 lots of approximately 500 acres, with 1,000 acres reserved for a town. Clarksville, the first American settlement northwest of the Ohio River, was established in 1784 at the southwestern corner of the grant. This location lies in Tract No. 296.