The Janes party — Janes and family, Richard Miller, Levi Harness and others — started for the present site of Janesville, driving cattle.

The evidence

• “I was engaged to accompany him, to assist in driving the cattle. We started on Sunday, May 15, 1836. The company consisted of Janes and family, Richard Miller, Levi Harness, a Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/09-rock-county-ch03-pioneer-reminiscences.md, PDF p. 336

  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