The county commissioners took measures for the erection of a court house.

The evidence

• “In the month of-Feb. 1841, the county commissioners in accordance with a petition from a large number in the county, took measures for the erection of a court house. D.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 179 / book p. 161

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

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