Daniel B. Egery of Vermont first settled on Egery Creek.

The evidence

• “Egery Creek receives its name from Daniel B. Egery, Esq., from Vermont, who first settled on this creek in 1838— where he now resides. This creek rises in Milton and runs about South- west through a portion of this town into Illinois and thence emptying into Rock River.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/20-turtle.md, PDF p. 144 / book p. 128

  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