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1865-County Judge (chosen in April)-J. B. Quimby. Supervisors (chosen in Novem- ber)-First District, C. C. Kuntz; Second District, J. I. Waterbury : Third District, S. J. Seymour ; Clerk of Court, F. M. Stewart ; County Superintendent, R. B. Crandall.
1866-Supervisors (chosen in November)-First District, J. S. Walser ; Third District, J. G. Blakeslee. Sheriff, Eli Jones; Register, M. Pointon ; Treasurer, R. M. Strong ; District Attorney, S. S. Wilkinson ; Clerk of Board, Anton Fischer ; Surveyor, J. Dart; Coroner, N. Wheeler.
1867-Surpervisor, Second District, T. D. Lang ; School Superintendent, R. B. Crandall ; District Attorney, W. N. Wheeler ; Clerk of Court, J. J. Jenkins. All chosen in November.
1868-Supervisors : First District, J. S. Walser; Third District, George B. Swain. Sheriff, N. Stewart ; Register, M. Pointon ; Treasurer, R. M. Strong ; Clerk of Board, A. Fischer ; Surveyor, H. Muehlberg ; Coroner, N. Wheeler. All chosen in November.
1869-County Judge (chosen in April), C. C. Remington ; Supervisor (chosen in Novem- ber)-Second District, T. D. Lang; District Attorney, N. W. Wheeler ; Clerk of Court, J. J. Jenkins ; School Superintendent, C. F. Viebahn.
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1870-Supervisors (chosen in April, in accordance with an act of the Legislature provid- ing for the election of one County Supervisor, Chairmen of the Town Board from each town) -George Mertens, D. D. Thompson, Thomas Timlin, Charles H. Williams, D. Felt, William Hudson, A. R. McCoy, Amos Johnson, Henry Ochsner, William All, William Rathbun, Hiram Bailey, J. N. Vanderveer, J. I. Waterbury, Austin Seeley, James A. Taylor, W. W. Perry, Alexander Stewart, R. S. Inman, William P. Noyes, Nicholas Rossiter, Uriah Gregory. Vil- lage Representatives in the Board-Baraboo, T. D. Lang ; Sauk City, J. S. Tripp ; Reedsburg, T. S. Mackey ; Spring Green, B. U. Strong. County officers (chosen in November)-Sheriff, Benjamin G. Paddock ; Register, M. Pointon ; Treasurer, R. M. Strong ; Clerk of Board, Anton Fischer; Clerk of Court, Philip Cheek, Jr. ; Surveyor, H. Muehlberg ; Coroner,. A West.
1871-Supervisors (chosen in April) -- E. Walbridge, D. D. Thompson, T. Timlin, S. W. Rudd, Royal Ayers, William Hudson, N. Stewart, Amos Johnson, George Nippert, Peter Crook, S. P. Burney, Norman Wood, J. N. Vanderveer, J. B. Quimby, Alexander P. Ellinwood, James A. Taylor, W. W. Perry, John Young, R. S. Inman, W. P. Noyes, A. Cottington, Nathan C. Harvey. Village Representatives-Baraboo, J. G. Train ; Sauk City, J. S. Tripp ; Reedsburg, S. Mackey ; Spring Green, B. U. Strong. Superintendent of Schools and District Attorney (chosen in November)-Moses Young and H. J. Huntington.
1872-Supervisors (chosen in April)-E. Walbridge, George I. Bancroft, Caleb Cook, David E. Welch, S. W. Rudd, Royal Ayers, William Hudson, Charles Hirshinger, Amos John- son, Henry Ochsner, Peter Crook, Thomas Wilcock, N. Wood, Adam Class, A. P. Ellinwood, E. W. Evans, R. E. Stone, John Young, James Lunn, W. P. Noyes, S. T. Houghton, N. C. Harvey. Village Representatives-Baraboo, J. G. Train ; Sauk City, J. S. Tripp ; Reedsburg, John Kellogg; Spring Green, B. U. Strong. County officers (chosen in November)-Sheriff, Alexander McGinnis ; Register, M. Pointon ; Treasurer, R. M. Strong ; County Clerk, Anton Fischer ; Clerk of Court, Philip Cheek, Jr .; Surveyor, George Welch ; Coroner, A. West ; School Superintendent, J. H. Terry.
1873-County Judge (chosen in April), James W. Lusk. Supervisors (chosen in April)- E. Walbridge, George I. Bancroft, D. E. Welch, Caleb Cook, Newton M. Burt, P. Chapman, William Hudson, Charles Hirshinger, John M. True, W. Denzer, N. Stowe, W. W. Rathbun, N. Wood, George Owen, A. P. Ellinwood, B. U. Strong, W. W. Perry, John Young, James Lunn, D. B. Hulburt, H. A. Darrow, Caleb Corgell. Village Representatives-Sauk City, J. S. Tripp ; Reedsburg, W. I. Carver. School Superintendent and District Attorney (chosen in November)-James T. Lunn and John Barker.
1874 -- Supervisors (chosen in April)-E. Walbridge, R. H. Thurber, D. E. Welch, Caleb Cook, James Hell, P. Chapman, William Hudson, John Dickie, John M. True, H. Ochsner, N. Stowe, F. P. Sanford, N. Wood, George Owen, A. P. Ellinwood, James A. Taylor, H. B. Knapp, John Young, A. C. Harris, John Nepham, Albert Hawkins, Caleb Corgell. County officers (chosen in November)-Sheriff, William Hudson ; Register, John M. True ; Treasurer, Alfred L. Slye ; County Clerk, Anton Fischer; Clerk of Court, Philip Cheek, Jr .; Surveyor, D. B. Hulburt ; Coroner, A. West.
1875-Supervisors (chosen in April)-James Dykins, R. H. Thurber, D. E. Welch, Pat- rick Timlin, Fred Baringer, Royal Ayers, Anthony Rick, John Dickie, A. F. Kellogg, H. Ochsner, N. Stowe, John Tardoff, Levi Wright, George Owen, A. P. Ellinwood, John R. Lewis, H. B. Knapp, Peter Schneller, A .. C. Harris, D. B. Hulburt, Amos Cottington, Chr. Meffert. School Superintendent and District Attorney (chosen in November)-James T. Lunn and John Barker.
1876-Supervisors (chosen in April)-George Mertens, R. H. Thurber, H. P. Barlow, Patrick Timlin, Fred Baringer, P. Chapman, J. H. Carpenter, John Dickie, Jr., Amos John- son, H. Ochsner, N. Stowe, W. H. Rathbun, M. M. Cooper, George Owen, W. H. Young, John R. Lewis, H. B. Knapp, Peter Schneller, David Row, E. G. Christman, Amos Cotting-
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ton, A. J. Corgell. Village Representatives-Baraboo, J. J. Gattiker ; Reedsburg, S. Mackey ; Sauk City, J. S. Tripp; Spring Green, E. W. Evans. County officers (chosen in November) -Sheriff, R. A. Wheeler ; Register, John M. True ; Treasurer, A. L. Slye; County Clerk, John P. Witwen; Clerk of Court, D. E. Morgan; Surveyor, D. B. Hulburt; Coroner, O. L. Glazier.
1877-County Judge (chosen in April), Giles Stevens ; Supervisors (chosen in April), Matthew Hill, R. W. Cunningham, H. B. Barlow, Caleb Cook, Fred Baringer, Davis Hackett, J. H. Carpenter, Charles Hirshinger, Amos Johnson, Frank Magerlein, N. Stowe, William Young, Levi Wright, George Owen, H. J. Smith, S. F. Nickey, H. B. Knapp, Albert Sprecher, D. Rowe, E. G. Christman, A. Cottington, A. J. Corgell. Village Representatives-Baraboo, J. J. Gattiker ; Reedsburg, H. C. Hunt ; Sauk City, J. S. Tripp ; Spring Green, E. W. Evans. School Superintendent and District Attorney (chosen in November)-J. T. Lunn and John Barker.
1878-Supervisors (chosen in April)-Matthew Hill, James L. Ward, William Hayes, J. T. Huntington, Lawrence Watson, A. Christie, J. H. Carpenter, E. Maxham, A. F. Kellogg, F. Magerlein, N. Stowe, Lyman Beery, N. Wood, G. Owen, J. B. Clark, S. F. Nickey, J. M. Highland, A. Sprecher, A. M. Lee, E. G. Christman, L. G. Grover, S. W. Sherman. Village Representatives-Baraboo, J. J. Gattiker ; Sauk City, J. S. Tripp ; Reedsburg, H. C. Hunt ; Spring Green, E. W. Evans. County officers (chosen in November)-Sheriff, John Young ; Register, John M. True; Treasurer, A. L. Slye ; County Clerk, John P. Witwen ; Clerk of Court, D. E. Morgan ; Surveyor, R. G. Evenden ; Coroner, O. L. Glazier.
1879-Supervisors (chosen in April)-Robert Wood, Abijah Beckwith, Thomas Timlin, J. T. Huntington, Lawrence Watson, A. Christie, Joseph Bandel, Gustav Scharnke, John Munroe, F. Magerlein, N. H. Austin, Lyman Beery, N. Wood, S. Kleimer, John Hagenah, S. F. Nickey, H. B. Knapp, Samuel Babrington, C. J. H. Erffmeyer, E. G. Christman, L. G. Grover, S. W. Sherman. Village Representatives-Baraboo, George Mertens ; Reedsburg, Paul Lachmund; Sauk City, Paul Bishop ; Spring Green, E. W. Evans. School Superintend- ent and District Attorney (chosen in November)-J. T. Lunn and Philip Cheek, Jr.
1880-Supervisors (chosen in April)-J. J. Gattiker, Andrew Dwyer, Patrick Timlin, J. T. Huntington, Lawrence Watson, Royal Ayres, E. M. Davies, E. Maxham, John Munroe, William Denzer, Charles Sands, Lyman Beery, N. Wood, Samuel Kleimer, A. P. Ellinwood, S. F. Nickey, H. B. Knapp, George Bonham, C. J. H. Erffmeyer, J. H. Reighard, A. Cotting- ton, J. H. McNees. Village Representatives-Baraboo, G. Mertens ; Sauk City, J. S. Tripp ; Spring Green, E. W. Evans; Reedsburg. H. C. Hunt.
County Officers for 1881 will be chosen at the coming November election. The Repub- lican nominees are, for Sheriff, O. H. Perry ; Register, F. N. Peck; Treasurer, A. L. Slye; County Clerk, J. P. Witwen ; Clerk of Court, D. E. Morgan; Surveyor, R. G. Evenden ; Coroner, O. L. Glazier.
For the past quarter of a century, a nomination by a Republican Convention in Sauk County has been equivalent to an election.
LAYING OUT THE TOWNS.
At the first meeting of the first Board of County Commissioners, held at the house of Joshua E. Abbott, in the town [village] of Prairie du Sac (the county seat of Sauk County, as located by Commissioners appointed for that purpose), on the first Monday in April, 1844, there were present Commissioners John Hoover, William. G. Simons and Levi Moore. The board, having met pursuant to an act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, organizing the county of Sauk, proceeded to the election of a Chairman, and John Hoover was chosen to fill that position. Burke Fairchild, who was elected as Clerk at the first general election for county officers, not having appeared, Andrew Garrison was unanimously appointed to fill the vacancy. He thereupon took the oath of office before A. M. Seymour, Supreme Court Commissioner.
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The first business of importance that came before the board, was the organization of road districts and the appointment of Road Supervisors. The county was divided into five districts, as follows :
District No. 1 .- Beginning at the north line of Town 9, extending west to the county line ; thence south to the south line of said county; thence east to the county line, along the Wisconsin River to the place of beginning. Jonathan Hatch was appointed Road Supervisor.
District No. 2 .- Beginning at the line of Town 9, running due west to the line between Sections 34 and 35, in Town 10; thence due north into Town 11, three miles ; thence east to the county line, and south to the place of beginning. Philip Blodgett was appointed Road Super- visor.
District No. 3 .- Beginning on the section line between 34 and 35, Town 10, running west to the bounds of the county line ; thence north along the county line three miles into Town 11; thence east on said line to the corner of District No. 2; thence south to the place of beginning. Will- iam Johnson was appointed Road Supervisor.
District No. 4 .- Beginning half a mile east of the northeast corner of District No. 3, run- ning due north along said line until it strikes the county line; thence east to the county line ; thence south until it strikes District No. 2; thence west to the place of beginning. Chester P. Matson was appointed Road Supervisor.
District No. 5 .- Beginning half a mile east of the northwest corner of District No. 2, run- ning north to the county line; thence west to the county line; thence due south to the north- west corner of District No. 3; thence east to the place of beginning. McCager Thacker was appointed Road Supervisor.
It was then ordered that Sauk Prairie Election Precinct consist of Road Districts No. 1, 2 and 3, and that the judges thereof be John Hoover, John Mann and W. H. Hubbard, elections to be held at the house of Joshua E. Abbott, Prairie du Sac; that Baraboo Election Precinct com- prise Districts 4 and 5, elections to be held at the house of James Webster, Baraboo ; judges, Abraham Wood, Luther Peck and Orin Hudson. Jonathan Hatch was appointed Assessor for District No. 1, Harris Searle, for Districts 2 and 3, and Luther Peck for Districts 4 and 5.
The first county order was issued in favor of Charles Hart for $27, being in payment for services in " locating the county seat." Noah Phelps and John Morrison were allowed $42 and $21 respectively for similar services.
The Clerk of the Board was directed to procure a seal, from Milwaukee or elsewhere, for the use of the Board of County Commissioners, " the design of which shall be an engraving of a breaking-team, with one or more yoke of oxen and plow in the foreground, with the words sur- rounding the margin ' Seal of the Board of County Commissioners, Sauk County, Wisconsin Territory.' " Upon the introduction of the Board of Supervisors system in 1849, the county seal was remodeled. It is now the exact size of one of the " dollars of our daddies," the design being a sheaf of wheat, a plow and a grain rake, the whole being surrounded by the words " Board of Supervisors of Sauk County, Wisconsin."
Lyman Crossman, Cyrus Leland and Daniel B. Crocker, as principals, and John L. Mess- imer, Arba M. Seymour, William H. Hubbard and Joshua E. Abbott, as sureties, having entered into a bond with the County Commissioners to erect and build a good and substantial frame building, 20x30 feet, two stories high, in form suitable for a court house, were requested to place the said building on the public square of the county seat.
At a subsequent meeting, it was ordered that "a gaol be erected and built, to be paid out of the funds of the county from the sale of town lots, or the same to be given in exchange at a fair valuation." It was provided that the building should be completed by the 1st of the fol- lowing December, but at a later meeting the order was rescinded.
At the July meeting of the board, the Clerk was directed to issue county orders to the three County Commissioners, for services rendered as such, at the rate of 75 cents per day, which amounted in the aggregate to $18. P. C. Hale was allowed $85 for books for county purposes, and S. F. Blanchard $11 for transportation of the same from Milwaukee. Arba M. Seymour
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was authorized to make, for the use of the Register of Deeds and the Clerk of County Commis- sioners, two pine tables three and a half feet wide and four and a half feet long, " to be stained with venetian red, one large drawer in each."
On the 26th of August, the board discovered that the time had arrived for the appointment of a District Attorney. William H. Clark was honored with the choice of the board, and was directed to " enter upon the duties of said office at the present term of the District Court."
On the 30th of September, the Clerk, under instructions of the board, reported on the tax- able property of the county, as follows : Assessed value of farming lands, with all the improve- ments thereon, $38,736; assessed value of town lots, with improvements, in the village of Prairie du Sac, $4,675; assessed value of merchandise and personal property in the county, $14,496. Upon the total amount ($57,907) a tax of nine mills on the dollar was levied.
DIVIDING THE TOWNS.
The territory now included in Sauk County once composed a single election precinct, as has been shown, and that it was afterward organized into five road districts, or two election pre- cincts. A third election precinct was created April 5, 1848, called Bluff Precinct, bounded as fol- lows : Beginning at the town line between Towns 10 and 11, running south two miles ; thence commencing at the county line and running west to the west line of Towns 10 and 11; thence north five miles ; thence east to the easterly line of Sauk County, agreeable to the petition signed by thirty-five electors in said county ; A. Jameson, George Jeele and John Hoover, Jr., being appointed Judges of Election.
It was also ordered " that the county of Adams shall be an election precinct called the- County of Adams Precinct, J. H. Finlay, Andrew Dunn and - Baird to be Judges of Election."
On the 10th of January, 1849, Sauk County was divided, by order of the County Com- missioners, into six towns-Honey Creek, Prairie du Sac, Kingston, Eagle, Brooklyn and Baraboo, the boundaries being as follows :
Honey Creek .- Commencing on the Wisconsin River, on the town line between Ranges 5. and 6 ; running thence north to the northeast corner of Town 9, Range 5; thence west on the. town line four miles ; thence north on the section line, six miles to the town line; thence west on the town line to the western boundary of the county ; thence south on said boundary line to. the Wisconsin River; thence up said river to the place of beginning ; the whole being the terri- tory now embraced in the towns of Spring Green, Bear Creek, Franklin, Troy and the four western tiers of sections (the west half) of the town of Honey Creek. The house of Jonathan. W. Harris was designated as the place for holding the first election, which took place on the 3d of April, 1849, with the annexed result : Supervisors, James Cass (Chairman), Dewitt Houghton and Joseph Davis ; Clerk, H. B. Stames ; Treasurer, J. A. Taylor ; Assessor, Henry Keifer ; Superintendent of Schools, J. N. Cassel.
Prairie du Sac .- Commencing on the Wisconsin River on the town line between Ranges 5. and 6; thence north on the said line to the northwest corner of Town 9, Range 6; thence west on the town line four miles ; thence north on the section line, six miles to the town line between 10 and 11, Range 5; thence east on the town line four miles ; thence south on the town line, between Ranges 5 and 6, four miles ; thence east on the section line to the Wisconsin River ; thence along said river to the place of beginning ; the whole being the territory now embraced in the town of Prairie du Sac and the four eastern tiers of sections (the east half) of the town of Honey Creek. It was stipulated that the election should be held at the schoolhouse in the upper town. That event occurred on the 3d of April, 1849, with the following result : Supervisors, Nathaniel Perkins (Chairman), Samuel Kelsey and Charles Halasz ; Clerk, Cyrus. Leland ; Assessor, Archibald Hill ; Treasurer, P. B. Staymates ; School Superintendent, J. B. Woodruff.
Kingston .- Commencing on the Wisconsin River on the section line between Sections 24 and 25, Town 10, Range 6; running thence west on said section line to the town line between
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Ranges 5 and 6; thence north seven miles on the town line; thence east on the section line twelve miles to the eastern boundary of the county ; thence south on said boundary line to the Wisconsin River ; thence down said river to the place of beginning, embracing what is now the towns of Merrimack and Sumter, and Sections 19 and 20 of the town of Freedom, and Sections 23 and 24 of the town of Baraboo. The first election was held at the house of John Hoover, resulting in the choice of J. I. Waterbury (Chairman), Samuel Shaw and Isaac Gibbs for. Supervisors ; Prescott Brigham for Town Clerk; S. Mather for Assessor ; Cyrus Hull and David Randall (both receiving 34 votes), for Treasurer ; R. E. Stone for School Superin- tendent, and James Moreland for Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Eagle. - Commencing at the southeast corner of Town 11, Range 5; running thence west on the town line to the western boundary of the county ; thence north on said boundary nine miles ; thence east on a section line through the center of Town 12, eighteen miles ; thence south between Ranges 5 and 6, nine miles to the place of beginning-comprising an area of territory now embraced in the towns of Washington, Westfield and Freedom (except Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, and 18, Town 11, Range 6), and the south half of the towns of Ironton, Reeds- burg and Excelsior. The first election in the town of Eagle was held April 3, 1849, with the following result : Supervisors, James Chrystie (Chairman), J. W. Henthorn and Reuben Ward; Clerk, L. B. Swallow ; Treasurer, Hiram Hubbard ; School Superintendent, Josiah Hunter ; Assessor, George Randall.
Brooklyn .- Commencing on the eastern boundary of the county on a section line between Sections 13 and 24, Town 11; thence west on said section line twelve miles to the town line between Ranges 5 and 6 ; thence north on said town line to the northern boundary of the county ; thence east on said boundary to the Wisconsin River ; thence down said river to the eastern line of the county ; thence south on said boundary to the place of beginning-embracing what are now the towns of Baraboo (except Sections 23 and 24), Greenfield, Fairfield and Delton, and Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17 and 18 of the town of Freedom. The village of Baraboo is indicated upon the plat of the town of Brooklyn as " Adams," then the county seat, and it was ordered by the Commissioners that the first election in the town of Brooklyn be held at the court house, and it was so held April 3, 1849, resulting in the choice of John B. Crawford (Chairman), Solo- mon Soule and Lyman Clark, for Supervisors ; D. K. Noyes, Town Clerk ; William Griffiths, Treasurer ; A. A. Noyes, Assessor, and Harvey Canfield, School Superintendent.
Baraboo .- Commencing on the town (12) line between Ranges 5 and 6 ; thence running west on the section line between Sections 13 and 24, Town 12, to the western boundary of the county ; thence north to the northern boundary of the county ; thence east on the north boundary eighteen niles, between Ranges 5 and 6; thence south nine miles to the place of beginning-comprising the present towns of Lavalle, Winfield and Dellona, and the north half of Ironton, Reedsburg and Excelsior. The house of D. C. Reed was designated as the place for holding the first elec- tion, which occurred April 3, 1849, resulting as follows : Supervisors-D. C. Reed (Chairman), William Adams and Lewis Butterfield; Clerk, William McClung; Assessor, Don Carlos Barry ; School Superintendent, Patrick Hickey ; Treasurer, Thompson Shepard.
At the same sitting of the board, it was further ordered that "the county of Adams, now attached to Sauk County for judicial purposes, be a town called Lemonweir.
On the 8th of January, 1850, a new town, called New Buffalo, was created out of territory somewhat vaguely described as follows : "Town 13, Range 6, as far north as the petition calls for ; no further east, nor west, than the range line, and commencing at the southeast corner of Town 13, Range 6 ; thence one mile west and three miles south ; thence west to the range lines between Ranges 5 and 6; thence north to the northwest corner of Town 13, Range 6; thence west and north to the limits of Sauk County."
At the same sitting of the board, the town of Flora was created. Its boundaries were as follows : Commencing on the Wisconsin River on the county line; thence south on said line to the southeast corner of Section 24, Town 12, Range 7; thence west on the section line seven miles ; thence north to the line between Towns 12 and 13; thence east one mile; thence north
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to the Wisconsin River ; thence down said river to the place of beginning, including what is now the town of Fairfield, with the exception of Sections 2, 11 and 14.
Sections 19, 20, 29, 30, 31 and 32 were also set off from the town of Brooklyn, and added to the town of Eagle.
In November, 1850, the remainder of Town 10, Range 5, was added to the town of Honey Creek, in accordance with the prayer of residents therein, and, at the same sitting of the board, the town of Honey Creek was divided, and the town of Spring Green created, the latter being set off as follows : "Commencing two miles north of the south line of Town 9, running thence west to the west line of the county, and all that part of said town lying south of said line shall be a town called Spring Green."
Out of the town of Baraboo was also created the town of Dellona, by setting off all the north half of Town 12, Range 5, and the whole of Town 13, Range 5.
On the 11th of December, 1850, acting upon the petition of interested residents, the board, by a vote of five ayes to three noes, agreed to the formation of a new town out of parts of Bar- aboo and Eagle, to be known as the town of Reedsburg.
On the same date, an alteration of the boundaries of the town of Brooklyn was authorized, the town of Eagle being wiped out, and the town of Freedom created.
In August, 1851, it was ordered by the board that " all that portion of the tract of country lying north of the north line of Town 13, Range 6, be embraced in a new town, to be called Lemonweir." During the same session of the board, it was ordered that Town 13, Range 2 (now the Town of Woodland), be annexed to the Town of Reedsburg. Also, that a new town to be called Marston be organized out of the territory embraced in Town 12, Range 3, Town 13. Ranges 2 and 3, and Town 11, Range 3. Section 36, Town 13, Range 6, was taken from the Town of Flora and annexed to the Town of New Buffalo.
In December, 1851, the Town of Dells was organized out of territory embraced as follows : South half of Town 15, Range 5, and Town 14, Range 5; also Sections 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31 and 32, Town 14, Range 6. The boundaries of the town of Lemonweir were changed so as to comprise Town 14, Ranges 2, 3 and 4, and the south half of Town 15, Ranges 2, 3 and 4.
In September, 1852, in accordance with the prayer of the citizens of Brooklyn, the town of Greenfield was organized, composed of territory described in the Supervisor's journal as follows : " All that portion lying east of the range line between Ranges 6 and 7, the west line of which to be the line above mentioned." At the same session of the board, all that tract of country lying upon the east side of the Wisconsin River, consisting of Town 14, Ranges 6 and 7, and Town 15, Ranges 5, 6 and 7 (now Juneau County), were organized into a town called Jackson. Also, Towns 16 and 17, Ranges 4 and 5 (now Juneau County), were set off as a new town called Quincy. The northeast boundary line of the town of Dells was altered so as to make the main channel of the Wisconsin River its northeastern boundary, and the order of December, 1851, organizing the boundaries of the town of Lemonweir, was rescinded. It was also ordered that all of that portion of Adams County lying upon the east side of the Wisconsin River and not being within the town of Quincy, be attached to the town of Jackson ; and all that portion of the same county lving west of the Wisconsin River, including Town 18, Range 4, be attached to the town of Quincy.
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