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.
1844
Beloit
- 1844 John Chamberlin and family came to Beloit; he took up 160 acres in Sec. 8 and built a log cabin.
- 1844 Bennett Wooster came to Beloit and began farming about three miles east.
- April 1844 A settler built and moved to the west side of Rock river at Beloit, the second residence there.
- 1844 First brick block erected on Main street (Beloit).
Rock County
- 1844 The Flagler family moved to Rock county and settled on a quarter-section in section 12, Janesville township.
- 1844 The Cleophas Holverson family moved from Dane county to Rock county, settling on forty acres in Newark township.
- May 1, 1844 A settler came to Rock County (Milton Junction).
- 1844 A man came West and settled in La Prairie township, Rock county.
The region
- 1844 The red frame schoolhouse of the joint districts of Rock and La Prairie was erected.
- Winter 1844 Julius Gilbert and Francis Smith "shantied" on the s. e. qr. of section 34; they were young men and single.
- 1844 H. Caldwell purchased 80 acres on Sec. 3, Range 12 north.
- 1844 John Cook sold out to John Shepard, who commenced erecting a grist-mill.
Nation and world
- 1844 A township was settled.
- June 21, 1844 Nathaniel P. Tallmadge was appointed.
- 1844 A church edifice was erected (later rebuilt in 1874).
- June 1844 A convention of Northwestern ministers and churches at Cleveland, Ohio, shaped plans for higher education; the idea of Beloit College originated with ministers returning from a clerical convention held at Cleveland.