A house was completed; one passage states it was completed in 1827, another that it was not plastered and painted until 1827. In it travelers were kept, and religious and town meetings were held.

The evidence

• “Y., Miss Nancy Maxson, daughter of Luke and liydia Maxson, a woman of sound practical ability, of sterling Christian character, of great industry and economy, who proved a helpmeet in the fullest sense of the word ; they immediately settled in their humble home in Alfred. In the autumn of 1823, -in company with his father, he erected a saw-mill on the Vandermark Creek, in which be made the lumber and secured the means for the erection of a comfortable house, which he completed in 1827, Town meetings, elections and religious meetings were held at his house. He subsequently kept a small store and a hotel, manufactured potash, and purchased lumber and rafted it down the Susquehanna River to market.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 813 / book p. 817

  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

  

• “Mr. Goodrich did not get the house plastered and painted until 1827. In it he kept travelers and religious meetings and town meetings were held.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 446 / book p. 936

  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