All lands in Rock County west of Rock River (Range 12) were brought into market by the U. S. Government and entered by non-residents; one passage dates the Green Bay sale, which placed these lands in market, simply to 1835.

The evidence

• “All the lands.in Rock Co. upon the west side of the river were brought into market by U. 8. Government during the summer of 1835, and all that -portion of the town upon that side of the river was "éntered''- by non-residents. Among the purchasers were Thomas A.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 170 / book p. 154

  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.

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• “Harrison. These lands were opened for entry and sale at the land office, which was situated at Green Bay, in 1835, before any actual settlers arrived here, so that when they did come, they settled on the east side of the river, which was not surveyed until 1836.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 10 / book p. 525

  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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• “A Land Ofiice for this Eastern District was established at Green Bay, which was duly opened by the Government, and a notice given of a public sale of all the then surveyed public lands lying south and southeast of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, which notice placed in the market all that portion of what was afterward Rock County, lying west of Rock River and Lake Koshkonong. In accordance with this announcement, a sale took place at Green Bay in 1835. By act of Congress of June 16, 1886, the Milwaukee Land District was erected out of the southern portion of the, Green Bay District, including all the land between Range 8 east and Lake Michigan, bounded on the south by the Illinois State line, and extending north so as to extend to and include the tier of townships numbered 10 north ; also.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/08-rock-county-ch02-mounds-indians-black-hawk-settlement.md, PDF p. 330

  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