Fulton County was formed by an act of the legislature and approved on February 7, 1835. Parts of the Village of Rochester were platted for Alexander Chamberlain and Lot N. Bozarth in 1835 for Cyrus Taber, William G. Ewing and George Ewing in 1836. The propositions, and inducement for acceptance, and on June 15, 1836, after have made a careful examination of the proposed sites, the commissioners reported to the Board of County Commissioners, then in special session, that they had agreed and fixed the seat of justice of this county as Rochester. On June 11, 1853, the county commissioners began consideration of a petition to have the village of Rochester incorporated as a town.