Latter part of December 1835 — Samuel St. John and family (including the first white woman settler in Rock County) arrived after the Inman-Holmes party had made the first settlement.

The evidence

• “Toward the latter part of December, 1835, after Inman and his party had commenced the first settlement in Rock County, Samuel St. John and family arrived.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/14-rock-county-ch08-janesville.md, PDF p. 525

  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

• “Samuel St, John was the first white woman settler in Rock county. In the latter part of December, 1835, after the Inman-IIolmes party had made their first settlement, Mr, St. John brought his wife and three children to the valley.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/19-pioneer-women.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 487 / book p. 452

  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