The town of Van Buren was laid out and platted by John Thomas Haight, Francis W. Hending, Giles S. [and others].

The evidence

• “On December 13, 1836, Van Buren was laid out and platted by John Thomas Haight, Francis W. Hending, Giles S.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/04-forgotten-places.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 59 / book p. 49

  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.

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