Once Upon a House

Fall 1833

The sections and subdivisions were surveyed later in the same year by George W. Harrison; fourth-quarter 1833 survey work is recorded.

The regionGrade A · 2 independent sources

The evidence

  • “St quarter, 1833. M. T. Williams., JNovember 18, 1833.., George W. Harrison.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/08-rock-county-ch02-mounds-indians-black-hawk-settlement.md, PDF p. 329

    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

    The passage on the printed page (PDF p. 329)
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  • “The United States began the surveys of this part of Rock county in the summer of 1833. The portion of the town of Janesville west of the river was first surveyed. The town lines were run by surveyors, Mullet and Brink in the third quarter of 1833, and the sections and subdivisions were surveyed later in the same year by George W. Harrison.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 10 / book p. 525

    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

    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 10 / book p. 525)
    On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 10 / book p. 525) · open the whole page

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