Regarding the settlers of 1780, of whom Johannes Dorland and family were among. John Dorland was among the signers of two Petitions to the Continental Congress from Inhabitants of Kentucky, the first undated, the second written May 1780, and read to Congress 23 August 1780, complaining that Virginia Land Speculators were monopolizing the land and Indians were making settlement difficult if not impossible. John d. probably in an Indian raid in the autumn of 1780, near Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky, his wife was called a widow in 1781. At Court held 3 Dec. 1782, Catherine "Darling widow" and her eldest son Lambert Darling were entitled by an Act of Assembly passed the previous May to 400 acres of land each, in what is not Jefferson Co. Ky. In 1783, Catharine, Darling, widow and two sons Lambert and John Darling were among the Inhabitants of Kentucky to signed the Petition to the Confederation Congress, Lambert signed twice, once in Kentucky and once in Pa. So there was a great deal of Indian action in this area in the fall of 1780. Sources: Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives and Records Admn. Washington, D.C. Index vol. 1:497: Boone, Squire, Kentucky American Citizens of to Congress, Undated 1p, M247, r62, i48, p. 245, and Kentucky, American Subjects of to Congress, May 1780, 3p, M247, r62, i 48, pg. 247 The second paper read. Neal O. Hammon, "Early Louisville and the Beargrass Station" The Filson Club Historical Quarterly, Publication of the Filson Historical Society , 52 (1978), 156-163, John not mentioned by name, however just the settlers situation. Alvin L. Prichard, : Jefferson Co. Kentucky Court Records, Minute Book A:14, March 1781-May 1781, ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.