My gr-gr-gr-grandfather Henry Merchant Hall lived in the Arlington - Shaftsbury area from the 1790s until after 1830 when they moved a few miles over the border into Washington Co., NY. Three of his sons (Henry Schench Hall, Charles Duane Hall & Hilton Hall) moved to Kankakee Co., Illinois before 1860. Two of them migrated by way of Kentucky, and one later moved on to Oklahoma. In 1870 Hilton was living with Elon Curtis (who wasn't exactly a relative - but Hilton's aunt by marriage was the sister of Elon's mother), so it appears that your suspicion may be correct - that there were a number of people from the Bennington Co.-Washington Co. area who migrated to Kankakee Co., IL. Nancy Barnett Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:59:33 EST From: HCro181146@aol.com To: VTBENNIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: VTBENNIN-D Digest V04 #121 Civil War soldiers were given land instead of money for their service. Many of my ancestors and neighbors settled in Indiana, MO, Ill. etc. You might be able to answer this question. Why would my great uncle live in Kankakee, Ill. prior to Indianapolis? I may have been a place when other VTers lived. Jane in Indy