Quarter-section entries were recorded for Paul Halvorsen (Skavlem), Nils Oleson (Vegli-Wagley) (two entries), and Gunnel Halgorsen.

The evidence

• “W. 14, N. E. 1/4—Paul Halvorsen (Skavlem), September 15, 1841. N. W. 14, S. E. 1/4—Nils Oleson (Vegli-Wagley), September 15, 1841. E. 1/2, N. W. 1/4—Nils Oleson (Vegli-Wagley), September 15, 1841.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/18-scandinavians.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 467 / book p. 433

  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.

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