Daniel A. Richardson settled in the town, building a shanty on Section 17 and later locating permanently in Section 24 with Charles and Alexander Hart.

The evidence

• “Daniel A. Richardson in 1837, he building a shanty on Section 17, but soon after, in company with Charles and Alexander Hart, located permanently in Section 24. They were soon after followed by Arvah Cole, Jeremiah Warner and Ansel Dickinson, who settled in the same neighborhood.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 505 / book p. 509

  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

  

• “This town was first settled by Mr. Daniel Richardson in 1837, he building a shanty on section 17, but soon after, in company with Charles and Alexander Hart, located permanently in section 24. They were soon followed by Arvah Cole, Jeremiah Warner and Ansel Dickinson, who settled in the same neighborhood.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 180 / book p. 686

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