and politician Samuel Judy, pioneer and legislator Lucien Maxwell, rancher John Willis Menard, the first African American elected to the United States Congress James L. D. Morrison, Mexican War officer, U.S. Representative, gubernatorial candidate John Doyle Lee, Colleague of Brigham Young, leader of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Nance Legins-Costley, first slave freed by Abraham Lincoln See also Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial References Further reading Isaac Lippincott, "Industry among the French in the Illinois country." Journal of Political Economy 18.2 (1910): 114–128. online Kaskaskia village and Kaskaskia precinct, Randolph County, Illinois United States Census Bureau External links "Images -Kaskaskia, IL", Computer Chair Traveler "Immaculate Conception Church on Kaskaskia Island", GuidepostUSA "Kaskaskia Bell State Historic Site", GuidepostUSA Stead v. Commons of Kaskaskia, 1 Scam. 239 (1909) "Curse of Kaskaskia". Prairie Ghosts Villages in Randolph County, Illinois Former colonial and territorial capitals in the United States Illinois Former islands of the United States Populated places established in 1703 Islands of the Mississippi River Illinois populated places on the Mississippi River Border irregularities of the United States French-American culture in Illinois Catholic missions of New France Pre-statehood history of Illinois French colonial settlements of Upper Louisiana River islands of Illinois Exclaves in the United States 1703 establishments in the French colonial empire Former county seats in Virginia