A settler was probate judge for Rock County during 1845 and 1846.

The evidence

• “Y. He came to Janesville prior to January, 1845, and during the years 1845 and 1846 was probate judge for Rock county. He was a wealthy farmer in his early life iu Janesville.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 267 / book p. 767

  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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