A half-acre lot was deeded to the church society in Milton by Peter McEwan.

The evidence

• “The church is now known as the First Congregational Church of Milton. June 3, 1850, this half-acre lot was deeded to the church society by Peter McEwan, who gave the village its name.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 168 / book p. 675

  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.

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