A number of families came into the town (Milton) from Alleghany/Allegany County, New York, among them Joseph Goodrich.

The evidence

• “He made many plows, and made them so faultless that he acquired the reputation of being the only man in this section who could make a "breaking plow" that would "run toa charm." And without giving him anything more than his due, I can say from personal knowledge, that he fairly and faithfully won that reputation. About the year 1839, quite a number of families came into this town from Alleghany county, N. Y.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/14-milton.md, PDF p. 123 / book p. 105

  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

  

• “He made many plows, and made them so faultlessly that he acquired the reputation of being the only man in this section who could make a breaking-plow that would ' run to a charm ; ' and without giving him anything more than his due, we can say that he fairly and faithfully won that reputation. About the year 1839, quite a number of families came into the town from Allegany County, N. Y., and among them were Joseph Goodrich, H.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 513 / book p. 517

  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