Joseph Goodrich purchased a claim on Sections 26 and 27 [in Milton], erected a 16x20 house (the first frame building in the town of Milton), and dug the first well in Milton; he thereby selected the site for and founded the village of Milton.

The evidence

• “In 1838, Joseph Goodrich purchased a claim on Sections 26 and 27, and erected a house 16x20, the first frame building in the town of Milton, and dug a well, the first one in Milton.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 516 / book p. 520

  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

  

• “In 1838 Joseph Goodrich purchased a claim on sections 26 and 27 and erected a house 16x20, the first frame building in the town of Milton, and dug a well, the first one in Milton. (History of Eock County, 1879.)”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 195 / book p. 700

  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