Clark's Grant

After the war ended, as a reward, Virginia granted the soldiers and officers land to make good their promise.

The grant was made by the legislature of Virginia on January 2, 1781, offering them land on the northwest side of the Ohio River.

A commission of officers from the group was created and they were granted the right to choose any 150,000 acres (610 km2) within the defined region.

They chose a tract across the Ohio River opposite from Louisville, Kentucky, a settlement Clark had founded during the war.

Clark himself was still owed a vast sum of money for helping to finance the campaigns which was never repaid to him during his life.