• Mr. John Nettleton, now of Los Angeles, California, writes me in relation to the first grist mill in Rockford, which was built by his father and himself.
“Moses Nettleton, my father, was born near the village of Prescott, Augusta township, Canada, in 1798, from which place he emigrated in 1839 and settled in Ogle county, Illinois. In the fall of 1844, he in company with myself, went to Rockford, and after investigating the water power he contracted for the lot on the east side of the river next south of the city bridge, and also for water to run a mill. The following winter–1844-5, we got out timber for the frame, and saw logs for lumber, near Jefferson, wisconsin, to inclose the mill, which we floated down the river in the spring of 1845. Before reaching Beloit, we learned that both the Beloit and rockford dams had gone put in the high water, and we tied up our rafts and went down the stream to investigate. During the following summer we floated the timber to Rockford, got stone and laid the foundation for the mill. I think the mill was started sometime in the year 1846, but not certain as I was absent. It was started with two run of stone, to which a third was added about two years afterwards. It cost between three and four thousand dollars.”1423, p 84-5

• The following year [1838] brought Moses Nettleton, Richard Martin...[from Canada to the area.]1328, p 365

• 1806 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada.1341
• 1813 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada.1351
• 1823 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. 1 man, 1 woman, 1 girl.1343, p 5
• 1840 Census: Washington Pct., Ogle, Illinois. 0111001/120001.1393
• 1850 Census: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois. Age 52, b Canada. Miller.1394
• 1860 Census: Reynolds, Lee, Illinois. Age 62, b Canada. Farmer. $8900; $325.1395
• 1870 Census: Dement, Ogle, Illinois. Age 72, b Canada. Farmer. $6000; $2000.1424