There were 157 who voted in the town, of whom only 58 remained residents by 1856.

The evidence

• “In 1850 and previously, there was comparatively a large floating popula: tion, immigrants from the Eastern States and Eastern world to the Great West, who stopped here temporarily until they could procure homes elsewhere, one house containing 12 families, and thrce of these families numbered 24 children. In 1849 there were 157 who voted, and of that number only 58 are now residents in town, 99 having died or left, chiefly the ig 3 The present population is more pernianent. °”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/10-johnstown.md, PDF p. 104 / book p. 86

  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