Chapter 2 · Being written
original inhabitants
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On the land and in Beloit
- 18231823 (about; the passage gives "about 1823 or 182J") — Thiebault, a French-Canadian trader, made his home at what is now Beloit.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1824Thiebault, a Frenchman, established himself at the Turtle village, probably about this year.The propertyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1826The subject of P56 commenced the study of law in the office of S. G.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1829The father of Captain John P. Houston built a bridge and made that his business.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- January 13, 1830E. Wilson was born; the passage notes he was later living in Turtle.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1831Death of the father of a future Magnolia Township landowner.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- Summer 1832Pierce Wallihan commenced business for himself and married Miss Lucy Flower (marriage year only).BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 18, 1833Survey contracts (including George W. Harrison's surveys of subdivisions) were dated November 18, 1833.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1834Thiebault's cabin at the Turtle village was noted in the plat of the Government survey of the township.The propertyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1835William Yost came to Wisconsin and purchased a tract of land in sections 11 and 12, Beloit township.The propertyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1835Caleb Blodgett made his first visit to the Beloit site, found the Frenchman Thiebeau there, and quieted his claim for $250; one passage dates the purchase to 1835 and '6, and Blodgett is described as temporarily located with his family in a log cabin at Meacham's in 1835.The propertyGrade A · 2 independent sources
- 1835Thiebault claimed ownership of a vast tract of land extending "three looks" in every direction from his cabin.The propertyGrade A · 1 independent source
- July 1835Joseph Thibault came to the Beloit site and built the first building there, a log cabin.The propertyGrade A · 1 independent source
- July 19, 1835John Inman and William Holmes visited the present site of Beloit, finding no human habitation there.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- December 26, 1835A survey contract was made with Robert T. Lytle for subdivisions west of the river.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
Around it
- August 31, 1820William C. (son of a Rock County settler) was born.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1827Henry Magee (father of a Janesville-area farmer) was born.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- February 24, 1827Rosina was born; she later died in Rock County, June 14, 1856.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1830Meader and Lydia (Stevens) Perrigo, natives of Vermont married in 1828, removed to New York; they later located in Fulton township, Rock county, in 1866.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1830Warner, a future Janesville farmer, married Miss Lucinda Snow.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1830A future Center Township resident married Miss Sarah Hartzel.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- April 8, 1832A Rock County settler married Miss Annie, daughter of Daniel and Becky Carhart, of Albany Co., N. Y.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- Summer 1832The summer of 1832 saw the gathering of Indian "hordes," painted and plumed and at war with the whites, within the limits of the territory afterward included in Rock County, during June and July.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 11, 1832A Rock County settler married Miss Mary, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Hawkins, of New York.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1833All of the portion lying southwest of Sugar river (Avon area) was surveyed by the general government during the year 1833.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- Summer 1833The United States began the surveys of this part of Rock county; the portion of the town of Janesville west of the river was surveyed first.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- Summer 1833Town lines were run by surveyors Mullett and Brink in the third quarter of 1833.Rock CountyGrade A · 2 independent sources
- July 9, 1833Survey contracts of M. T. Williams, dated July 9, 1833, were made for survey work in the county (township lines and subdivisions).Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 23, 1833A child was born in New York who died at Milton, Wis., Sept. 3, 1853.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1834Government Surveyors noted eight mounds on the west shore of Lake Koshkonong.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- Winter 1834The residue of what became Rock County (the portion not southwest of Sugar River) was surveyed by the General Government in the first quarter of 1834.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- January 1834Marriage, in Scipio Township, to Phoebe Ann Tompkins.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1835D. Butts broke the first sod in Rock County, in Fulton Township.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source