Settlers met at the house of Lyman Morse and signed a petition asking the Legislature to organize their town (first to be called Franklin, then Fulton).

The evidence

• “During the winter of 1843, the settlers met at the house of Lyman Morse, drew up and signed a petition, asking the Legislature to organize their town, to be called Franklin. There being another town by that name, they changed it to Fulton, and passed the act of organization.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 504 / book p. 508

  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.

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