According to the account that says the descendants of the family that reclaimed the land are the Yoshimura family, which founded Yoshimura Shuzo, they were the heads of Horiuchi Village, built on the ruins of Fushimi-jo Castle; and it is said that they transferred village land to the Imperial Household in the Meiji Period.
また、開墾にたずさわった一族の末裔は、吉村酒造蔵元の吉村家と伝えられているによると、伏見城跡に設けた堀内村の庄屋を代々務め、明治時代に同村の土地を皇室へ寄進したとの記述がある。