The chronology
The land through time
Every documented event, from the property outward: Beloit, Rock County, the region and the world. Each one links to the page of the source that records it. The record so far covers 1820–1864; more years are being added.
1841
Beloit
- October 1841 A settler came to Beloit, which then had about three hundred inhabitants, all on the east side of the river.
- April 4, 1841 A settler arrived in Beloit on a Sunday morning, having walked from Racine in the spring of 1841.
- 1841 A Beloit settler went to Michigan in 1841 and then came to Wisconsin, locating at Beloit.
- 1841 Mr. Willard was in Beloit, living for a time in the house of Samuel B. Cooper.
Rock County
- September 1841 Silas and Cynthia Hurd arrived in Rock county, settling in a log cabin on the Rock river east of Indian Ford.
- Fall 1841 Rollin Thorpe came to Rock County and purchased 160 acres in Sec. 11, Town 4, Range 13.
- Spring 1841 W. Wood came to Rock County, locating in Harmony, Sec. 1.
- 1841 A family came to Rock Co. and settled on 240 acres in Clinton and 120 acres in Turtle.
The region
- 1841 The Government sent a military detachment to enforce the removal of the Rock River Winnebagoes beyond the Mississippi.
- October 22, 1841 Quarter-section entries were recorded for Margaret Oles Dater (Mrs. Gullik Springen) and Erek Gulbeitson.
- July 12, 1841 A quarter-section entry was recorded for Geesley Saberson Hollen.
- October 7, 1841 A quarter-section entry was recorded for Gubrand Oleson.
Nation and world
- September 13, 1841 President Tyler appointed James Duane Doty governor of the Territory in place of Dodge; another passage gives the appointment date as September 30, 1841.
- January 25, 1841 Dunn was commissioned as secretary of the Territory in place of William B. Slaughter.
- December 7, 1841 Henry Dodge took his seat in Congress for the first time.
- September 4, 1841 Congress approved the pre-emption law.