A man arrived in Rock County and on November 16 made his selections of land.

The evidence

• “Y., when he was 9 years old; he lived there two years, then went to work for 5Ir. Russel Gale, living with him for eight years till he found his health failing, and resolved to go West; at the age of 20, he started for the Northwest, going down the Susquehanna River to Harristown, making his way west from there to Cleveland, via Sandusky, and Michigan City to Chicago ; remained here only a few hours, pushing on, and arrived in Rock Co., Nov. 15, 1835, and, on Nov. 16, made his selections of land ; Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 714

  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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