The town received a large accession to its population by the arrival of a colony from Cortland, N.Y.

The evidence

• “Kenney came a young man named Newton Baker. In 1840, the town received a large accession to its population by the arrival of a colony from Cortland, N. Y.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 511

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

• “Kenney came a young man named Newton Baker. In 1840 the town received a large accession to its population by the arrival of a colony from Cortland, N. Y.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 186 / book p. 692

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent