Joseph Goodrich purchased the land from the government, on which the main part of the village of Milton is situated.

The evidence

• “The following spring, of 1840, Joseph Goodrich purchased the land from the government, and on this quarter section the main part of the village is situated. The original deeds for the lots were all given by Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 167 / book p. 674

  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.

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