Spring 1839
Rock County was fully organized (a third dating, alongside February 13 and February 19 above).
The evidence
“The county of Rock was set off from Milwaukee county in 1836, but continued with Walworth, a constituent part of Racine Co., until the Spring of 1839, when it was fully organized. At the session of the Legislature at Belmont in winter of 1836-7, the location of the county seat was established upon the same fractional quarter section on which Mr.”
1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 175 / book p. 159
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
On the printed page (PDF p. 175 / book p. 159) · open the whole page “In this year the county was detached from Milwaukee county and made a part of Racine county; it was not organized as a separate county until the spring of 1839, though the county seat was established at the legislative session of 1836 and 1837.”
1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 14 / book p. 529
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 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent
On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 14 / book p. 529) · open the whole page