Messrs. Carter, Fletcher, Cammell and Hill settled on the location of a village (Clinton Junction) and built the first house.

The evidence

• “It owes its existence, in a great measure, to the presence of Messrs. Carter, Fletcher, Cammell and Hill, who settled on the location of the village about 1839, and built the first house. In the matter of religion, the people are not behindhand, as they have a very good frame church, erected by the Presbyterians some years ago.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 690 / book p. 694

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “This is a small village, located in section 23, in the township of Johnstown. It was established about the year 1839, when Messrs. Carter, Fletcher, Cammell and Hill, settled on the location and built the first house.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 165 / book p. 672

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent