The chronology

1827

47 published events.

Overview

A house in the region was completed that year—one passage says completed in 1827, another that it was not plastered and painted until 1827—and in it travelers were kept and religious and town meetings were held. Mining of the lead region had become quite general. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗

Rock County entries for the year are limited to births: Rosina was born February 24 and later died in Rock County on June 14, 1856; a Milton Junction resident was born November 26; and Henry Magee, father of a Janesville-area farmer, was born sometime during the year. ↗ ↗ ↗

The remaining records are of national and worldwide scope, dominated by birth dates of people later connected with Rock County communities, plus a congressional act of January 29 authorizing territorial electors to elect members of the legislative council without submitting names to the president for appointment, the opening of Kellogg's trail connecting Galena with Peoria and other southern Illinois settlements, the arrival of John and Martha (Jack) Bryson in the United States (recorded as about 1827), a marriage to Sarah Meachem in Oswego County, New York, and the start of editing the weekly Investigator at Providence. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+34 more)

Month by month

January 29, 1827
An act of congress was approved authorizing the electors of the territory to elect the members of the legislative council, without submitting names to the president for appointment.
Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
June 1827
The Winnebago Indians were aroused to open acts of hostility, and murders became frequent.
The regionGrade A · 1 independent source

During 1827

Events the sources date only to the year.

1827
The Winnebago War occurred, by which the United States gained control of the lead mines.
The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
1827
Mining at Fever river, Illinois, was extended into the Winnebago country and caused an Indian uprising that year.
The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
1827
A house was completed; one passage states it was completed in 1827, another that it was not plastered and painted until 1827. In it travelers were kept, and religious and town meetings were held.
The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
1827
The mining of the lead region had become quite general.
The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
1827
Kellogg's trail, a wagon road connecting Galena with Peoria and other settlements in southern Illinois, was opened.
Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source

By ring

The property: 0
Beloit: 0
Rock County: 0
The region: 5
Nation and world: 2

People who came here

Born in 1827, elsewhere, and later settled in Rock County.

1827
A marriage to Sarah Meachem took place in Oswego Co., N. Y.
1827
Rollin R. Child was born.
1827
He commenced editing the weekly Investigator at Providence.
1827
Margaret (daughter of Mrs. Drennen) was born.
1827
A Whitewater (Walworth Co.) resident was born in Franklin Co., Vt.
1827
A Brodhead resident was born in New York.
1827
Jesse (later of Emerald Grove) was born in Orange Co., Vt.
1827
Henry Magee (father of a Janesville-area farmer) was born.
1827
A Milton resident was born in Allegany Co., N. Y.
1827
John and Martha (Jack) Bryson came to the United States (the passage says "about 1827").
1827
A Center resident was born in Germany.
1827
A settler went with his parents to Chautauqua Co., N. Y.
1827
A Beloit resident was born in Mulberry, Conn.
1827
A son of Ezra and Mrs. Whitman Sanborn was born.
1827
A Brodhead resident was born in Ohio.
January 13, 1827
Groe Halvors Datter Aaen was born.
February 8, 1827
Professor Blaisdell was born in Canaan, Grafton Co., N. H.
February 15, 1827
A resident of Wirt (P. O.) was born in Wales.
February 24, 1827
Rosina was born; she later died in Rock County, June 14, 1856.
February 27, 1827
A resident of Janesville was born in the town of Wayne, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.
March 1827
A resident of Milton was born in Genesee Co., near Attica, N. Y.
March 23, 1827
Putnam, later a Bradford township farmer, was born in Orange county, Vermont.
April 30, 1827
A son of Christian and Susan (Mareness) Pramer was born in the town of Sharon, Schoharie county, New York.
May 15, 1827
Orville Bennett was born in Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.
May 26, 1827
Amos P. Prichard was born in Bradford, Orange county, Vt.
June 22, 1827
H. C. Son (later an express agent at Edgerton) was born in Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y.
July 11, 1827
Abraham Wood was born; he died June 5, 1830.
July 19, 1827
A Rock County settler was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Windsor Co.
July 30, 1827
Henry Palmer was born in New Hartford, N. Y. One passage gives no day or place beyond New York state.
August 6, 1827
A Cooksville resident was born in Maine.
August 27, 1827
An Evansville-area resident was born in New York.
August 29, 1827
Colt, a dairy and stock farmer, was born in Richfield, Otsego Co., N. Y.
September 1827
A Janesville resident was born in county of Antrim, Ireland.
September 12, 1827
B. Rogers of Milton was born in Waterford, New London Co., Conn.
September 21, 1827
An Evansville resident was born in Cortland Co., N. Y.
October 30, 1827
A Milton Junction resident was born in Northampton Co., Penn.
November 22, 1827
An Emerald Grove resident was born in Perthshire, Scotland.
November 26, 1827
A Milton Junction resident was born.
November 27, 1827
Caswell was born in the town of Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont.
December 1827
Frank F. Pratt, painter, was born in Vermont.

Key themes

Winnebago hostilities and the lead mines. Three regional events describe a single developing situation in 1827: mining at Fever River extended into the Winnebago country, the Winnebago Indians were aroused to open acts of hostility with murders becoming frequent from June, and the Winnebago War occurred, by which the United States gained control of the lead mines. A separate entry records that mining of the lead region had become quite general that year. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗

Births of future Rock County residents and kin. Most dated entries for 1827 are birth records, widely scattered in origin: New York state, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany. Many are noted by later connection to specific places—Janesville, Milton, Milton Junction, Emerald Grove, Evansville, Cooksville, Bradford, Edgerton, Brodhead, Beloit, and Rock County itself. The Rock County births are Rosina (February 24), a Milton Junction resident (November 26), and Henry Magee. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+28 more)

Regional travel and gathering places. Two entries concern movement and assembly in the region. Kellogg's trail, a wagon road connecting Galena with Peoria and other settlements in southern Illinois, was opened. A house was completed in 1827, though one passage states only that it was not plastered and painted until that year; in it travelers were kept, and religious and town meetings were held. ↗ ↗

National events and personal movements. Beyond the region, the year includes an act of Congress approved January 29 authorizing territorial electors to elect members of the legislative council without submitting names to the president for appointment, the commencement of editing the weekly Investigator at Providence, the arrival of John and Martha (Jack) Bryson in the United States (about 1827), a marriage to Sarah Meachem in Oswego County, New York, a settler's move with his parents to Chautauqua County, New York, and the births of Abraham Wood, Margaret (daughter of Mrs. Drennen), and Rollin R. Child. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+3 more)