Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Williamson County The first Norwegian to settle in this county, where there are not many of them, was Harald Haarsager Hauss from Sandefjord, a brother of the famed Captain Henry Hauss of the 15th Wisconsin Regiment. Harald H. settled at Round Rock in 1867. Next after him came Bernt C. Halvorsen from Frogn at Drøbak and John Pedersen from Eidsvold.