Once Upon a House

October 1835

George W. Jones was elected a delegate for Michigan Territory.

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The evidence

  • “Jones, of Sinsinawa Mound, Iowa county — in that portion which was afterward "set off " as Grant county. Jones, under the act of 1819, had been elected a delegate for Michigan Territory, in October, 1835, and took his seat at the ensuin"g session, in December of that year. By the act of June 15, 1836, the constitution and State government which the people of Michigan had formed- for themselves was accepted, ratified and confirmed, and she "was declared to be one of the United States of America, so that the term of two years for which Jones had been elected was cut short, as, in the nature of the case, his term could not survive the existence of the Territory he represented.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/01-wisconsin-antiquities-indians-territory.md, PDF p. 40

    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.

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