The lands in Rock and Jefferson Counties came into market; the sale was at Milwaukee; settlers could first obtain title to the land that year.

The evidence

• “While in those days we felt quite sure of an abundance to eat, we did not save up any money. In 1840 the lands in Rock and Jefferson Counties come into market. The sale was at Milwaukee.”

  1900-caswell-reminiscences/07-fort-atkinson-and-early-janesville.md, PDF pp. 3–27

  Caswell, Lucien Bonaparte. The Reminiscences of the Hon. L. B. Caswell. Written at Fort Atkinson, Wis., 1914–1916; four-column newspaper reprint, newspaper and date unidentified. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.

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