Eliakim Thatcher made his land purchase.

The evidence

• “Wheeler made his purchase in the fall of 1840. Eliakim Thatcher, in 1843. "A man by the name of.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/12-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 111 / book p. 93

  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

  

• “Wheeler made his purchase in the fall of 1840 ; Eliakim Thatcher in 1843. A man by the name of Hocum made a claim on Section 3 ; afterward sold to Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 510 / book p. 514

  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 · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

  

• “Wheeler made his purchase in the fall of 1840 ; Eliakim Thatcher in 1843. A man by the name of Hocum made a claim on section 3 and afterwards sold to Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 185 / book p. 691

  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, 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent