Religious services were held in an oak grove on one of the bluffs east of the village by a Methodist preacher.

The evidence

• “" The next religious services of which I can obtain information were held in the summer of 1838, in an oak grove on one of the bluffs east of the village. I am not able to find any one who can furnish me the name of the preacher, but am assured that he was a Methodist, and that”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/14-rock-county-ch08-janesville.md, PDF p. 548

  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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