Hittle Township is located in Tazewell County, Illinois.

He served in the War of 1812 from Ohio as Sergeant in Captain Zechariah Ferguson's militia company.

In 1818, he made an exploratory trip into Illinois but determined not to move there due to unsettled conditions with Indians.

In 1826 he returned with his wife, sons George and Adam Hittle and their families, as well as that of his friend John Wheatley Judy (1798-1860).

The two families settled along Sugar Creek in Tazewell County in that year.