Andrew Stevens, from Chautauque county, N. Y., made the first settlement in the town at Black Oak Grove, with no neighbors within ten miles west or five miles north.

The evidence

• “Andrew Stevens was the first settler in this town, at a beautiful grove called Black Oak grove. He settled here in October, 1843, Atthat time he had no neighbors within ten miles west or five miles north, Here is a beautiful creek and several fine springs. Such fine and eligible situations for convenient farms as are found around this grove, are hardly equalled in the county,”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/08-center.md, PDF p. 94 / book p. 76

  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.

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