The first civil office in the town of Center (the part of old Center later called Plymouth) was filled by appointment from the Governor and Council.

The evidence

• “The first civil office in the town of Center, (or that part of old Center now called Plymouth, for in those days we had no town government) was held by appointment from the Governor and Council in winter of 1841-2; the incumbent was the writer. The winter of 1842- 483 was extremely severe, The first snow fell on the night of the eighth of November, and continued until: the 7th of April, a period of five months with uninterrupted good sleighing. Much of the time was severely cold, with strong winds and drifting snow; which. continued to increase until it had attained to a depth of nearly two feet.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/18-plymouth.md, PDF p. 137 / book p. 119

  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