February 1839
Range 13, comprising Milton, Harmony, and other towns south, was brought into land market.
The evidence
“All the lands in Range 12, west of the river, were brought into market in 1835. Range 13 embracing Milton, Harmony, and other towns south, were brought into market in the month of Feb. 1839, while the fractional portion of Range 12 east of the river, embracing the county seat, and the adjacent claims, was not brought ito market until the month of Sept. of the same year.”
1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 176 / book p. 160
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
On the printed page (PDF p. 176 / book p. 160) · open the whole page “In February, 1839, range 13, comprising the towns of Milton, Harmony, La Prairie and Turtle, was brought into the market, and in September of the same year, the fractional part of range 12 east of the river was also put into the market. This made all the location of Janesville subject to purchase.”
1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 18 / book p. 533
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 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent
On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 18 / book p. 533) · open the whole page