The first church of the town (Bradford per the 1879/1908 histories) was organized by the Methodists (called "Episcopal Methodists" in 1856).

The evidence

• “The first church was organized in 1846, by the Episcopal Methodists. The first members were E.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/08-center.md, PDF p. 97 / book p. 79

  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

  

• “The building improvements are generally of an excellent character. The first church was organized in 1846, by the Methodists. The next church organization was the Baptists, and in 1854, a Congregational denomination built a small chapel on Section 34.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 500 / book p. 504

  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 · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

  

• “The building improvements are generally of an excellent character. The first church was organized in 1846 by the Methodists. The next church organization was by the Baptists, and in 1854 a Congregational society built a small chapel on section 34.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 176 / book p. 682

  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