Dr. James Heath and his wife arrived at the St. John cabin near Janesville and joined the settlement; Dr. Heath later gave the name Emerald Grove to that village.

The evidence

• “John being the first white woman settler of the county. On the 15th day of January, 1836, Dr. James Heath and wife joined the little colony.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/03-rock-county.md, PDF p. 48 / book p. 30

  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