Several countrymen followed the first settler into the town of Newark.

The evidence

• “To her' belongs the honor of 'having erected the first log cabin in tho town of Newark. In the year 1843, she was followed by several of her countrymen, whose names I have not been able to ascertain, 'In the year 1844, Nathaniel Strong, J. B.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/16-newark.md, PDF p. 131 / book p. 113

  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