The first land in the Rock/Fulton area was broken and cropped with buckwheat by John Inman, producing a fair yield.

The evidence

• “Willard, by Mr. John Inman, in' the spring of 1836. It was " cropped" with buckwheat, and produced a fair yield.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/24-rock.md, PDF p. 163 / book p. 147

  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

• “F. Willard, by John Inman, in the spring of 1836. It was ' cropped ' with buckwheat, and produced a fair yield.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 522 / book p. 526

  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

• “F. Willard, by John Inman, in the spring of 1836. It was cropped with buckwheat and produced a fair yield.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 202 / book p. 706

  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, 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent