The territorial legislature approved an act granting a charter to A. Hyatt Smith and others, authorizing a dam across Rock river at Janesville.

The evidence

• “Accordingly, in 1842, he resolved to abandon his business, and move to Wisconsin, which he had previously visited on business, and, on the 22d of November, arrived in Janesville daring a tremendous snow-storm, and, being informed that the land on the west side of the river was for sale, purchased it, with a view to the improvement of the water-power, taking several other parlies into the transaction to gain monetary aid in making, the improvement. On the 1st of April, 1843,'l.he Territorial Legislature granted a charter to A. Hyatt Smith, William H.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 718

  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

  

• “In 1843 the territorial legislature authorized by a charter granted to A. Hyatt Smith, Charles Stevens, W.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 20 / book p. 535

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