A school house was built by voluntary offerings/subscription of the settlers.

The evidence

• “A school-house was built in 1839, and the expense was defrayed by the voluntary offering of the settlers.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/06-beloit.md, PDF p. 70 / book p. 52

  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

  

• “The first schoolhouse was a frame building, put up in 1839 by the voluntary subscriptions of the settlers.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/15-rock-county-ch09-beloit.md, PDF p. 611 / book p. 615

  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 · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

  

• “New York. In the following year a school house was built by private subscription at the northeast corner of School and Prospect streets, and here the first public school was opened, under the charge of Hazen Cheney, who taught during the years 1839-40. He was followed by Hiram Hersey, Alfred Walker, Henry Brown and Samuel Clary in succession.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/11-beloit-schools.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 267 / book p. 244

  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