The estate of Edward Brandon first came before the probate court; Richard Inman was appointed administrator.

The evidence

• “The next case before the Court was that of the estate of Edward Brandon, deceased, which came before the Court for action for the first time, February 27, 1840. Richard Inman was appointed administrator. The estate of Caleb Blodget, which came into Court in August, 1840, was the third case before the Judge of Probate. John Hackett was appointed administrator of the estate.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/10-rock-county-ch04-early-maps-courts-railroads.md, PDF p. 367 / book p. 371

  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

  

• “Chapin, of Chicago, as executor. Next followed the estate of Edward Brandon, of which Richard Inman was appointed administrator February 27, 1840. During the same year, in August, Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 212 / book p. 716

  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