The first settlement was made in the town by John N. Palmer, Joseph Prentice, Andrew Cotter, Washington Adams, Wendall Fockler, Abram Fox, Jonathan Cook, Edmund Basy, Ambrose Moore, George McKenzie, Widow Hines and her son.

The evidence

• “The first settlement made here, was in 1840, The first settlers were John N. Palmer, Joseph Prentice, Andrew Cotter, Washington Adams, Wendall Fockler, Abram Fox, Jonathan Cook, Edrund Basy, Ambrose Moore, George McKenzie, Widow Hines and her son, Wn.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/15-magnolia.md, PDF p. 128 / book p. 110

  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

  

• “The first settlement was made in 1840 by J. N, Palmer, Joseph Prentice, .Andrew Cotter, W.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 187 / book p. 693

  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, so not counted as independent