A company consisting of John Inman, George Follmer, William Holmes, Jr. and Joshua Holmes started from Milwaukee, accompanied by Milo Jones, who soon left for Fort Atkinson and made a claim there.

The evidence

• “In the month of October, 1835, a company started from Milwaukes consisting of John Inman, George Follmer, William Holmes, Jr. and Joshua Holmes. Milo Jones, Esq. accompanied them to this spot, but soon left for Fort Atkinson, where he made a claim and where he still resides.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 172 / book p. 156

  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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