S. G. Colley came to Beloit and made a claim of 320 acres in Sec. 21, Range 13, building a little frame house in which eleven lived the first winter.

The evidence

• “G. Colley came to Beloit in spring of 1838, made a claim in Sec. 21, Range 13, of 320 acres. Built a little frame house in which eleven lived for the first winter.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/23-bios-turtle.md, PDF p. 799 / book p. 803

  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.

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