Joseph Anderson 
Joseph was born in Virginia. He died on April 14th, 1806 in Nine Mile Creek, Illinois, 5 miles from Kaskaskia, Illinois.General Notes
Joseph Anderson served under George Rogers Clark in the Revolutionary War. He was killed by Indians April 14, 1806. His name appears on a bronze plaque at the Sparta High School that lists all the names of the Revolutionary Patriots from Randolph County.
He served under George Rogers Clark, 1779-1781 through various campaigns against English forts. Later he traveled often between Abbeville, South Carolina and Randolph County, Illinois quite frequently.
