The chronology
1832
Overview
The defining local event of 1832 was the Black Hawk War, which brought the first recorded white men to the Beloit locality. On June 30, General Atkinson's army, including Private Abraham Lincoln, entered Rock County, marched through the deserted Turtle village at the mouth of Turtle Creek, and encamped there. The war had begun in the spring when Black Hawk re-crossed the Mississippi to re-assert claims to disputed territory, with an attack on May 14 followed by irregular hostilities and raids in northern Illinois; the army continued up the Rock River in July, and the war ended at the battle of Bad Ax on August 2. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+3 more)
The war drew regional figures into service and diplomacy. Abraham Lincoln's company reached General Atkinson at the mouth of the Rock River on May 7 and was mustered into United States service under Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside. Henry Dodge was appointed major of the United States rangers in June, and the Hall girls were ransomed at Black Hawk's camp for $2,000 in horses and other goods. Treaties followed: one with the Winnebago bound the United States to maintain a school for their children near Prairie du Chien for twenty-seven years, and one with the Sacs and Foxes led several families to settle on the purchase in the Iowa district. Articles of agreement were also concluded at Green Bay with the Menomonee Indians regarding lands on the Fox River. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+1 more)
Beyond the war, the year's entries record births, marriages, and migrations later connected to Rock County and Beloit, most of them occurring elsewhere. Locally, Judge Doty was succeeded as judge by David Irvin in May, and Pierce Wallihan commenced business for himself and married Miss Lucy Flower. Other events note births in New York, Ireland, Scotland, England and Norway; marriages in Scotland and New York; and family movements among New York, Ohio, Indiana, Canada, Wales, England and Mexico. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+31 more)
Month by month
- Spring 1832Black Hawk prepared to re-assert his claims to the disputed territory; the 1856 history dates this to the spring, while the 1908 history gives the specific date of April 6.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- Spring 1832Black Hawk, commanding the "chivalry of the nation," re-crossed the Mississippi; another settler came to Michigan in the spring of 1832.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- May 1832Judge Doty was succeeded as judge by David Irvin; the 1908 history states Doty's term of office expired in 1832.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- May 7, 1832Abraham Lincoln and his company reached General Atkinson at the mouth of Rock river and were mustered into United States service; the militia were placed under Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- May 14, 1832A first attack was made, after which followed irregular hostilities and Indian raids on the whites of northern Illinois.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- June 1832The Hall girls were ransomed at Black Hawk's camp for $2,000, paid in horses, etc.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- Summer 1832Pierce Wallihan commenced business for himself and married Miss Lucy Flower (marriage year only).BeloitGrade 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
- Summer 1832A clause of the treaty with the Winnebago Indians in 1832 bound the United States to maintain a school for their children near Prairie du Chien for twenty-seven years.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- Summer 1832A treaty was made with the Sacs and Foxes in 1832, after which several families crossed the Mississippi and settled on the purchase in the Iowa district.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- Summer 1832A buffalo was shot on the St. Croix river, said to be as late as 1832.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- Summer 1832A clergyman was appointed president of Wesleyan seminary at Lima, N. Y.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- July 1, 1832The army continued its march up the river and saw an Indian spy on the high ground on the west side of Rock river.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- August 2, 1832The war was closed at the battle of Bad Ax by General Atkinson, Dodge, Henry and Alexander.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 1832Articles of agreement were made and concluded at Green Bay between the United States and the Menomonee Indians, ceding certain lands on Fox river to the New York Indians; the 1879 history gives the date as October 27, while other passages give it as October 7, 1832.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source