The chronology
1833
Overview
Under a treaty proclaimed February 13 by Winfield Scott and Gov. Reynolds, the Winnebagoes ceded to the United States all lands south and east of the Wisconsin River and the Fox River of Green Bay; June 1 was set as the date for them to give up possession of the ceded grounds, with thirty days of soldiers' rations provided. Surveys in the region began: M. T. Williams received survey contracts for Rock County on July 9, the United States began surveying this part of Rock County in the summer, Mullett and Brink ran town lines in the third quarter, and George W. Harrison surveyed the subdivisions, with contracts dated November 18 in Beloit and fourth-quarter work recorded. The portion of Rock County southwest of Sugar River (the Avon area) was surveyed during the year. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+4 more)
Black Hawk's fate continued through the year: he, the prophet and Neapope were taken to Washington, D. C., in April and held at Fortress Monroe, discharged June 4, and on August 1 formally placed under the guardianship of the legal Sac chief Keokuk at Fort Armstrong. A passage records that the 'last teachings' were uttered in 1833 at the dispersion of the Black Hawk array, while another source places the Sac war itself in 1833 despite other passages dating the war to 1832. Joseph Thiebault served General Scott as interpreter in negotiating the 1833 Winnebago treaty, and on September 26 a treaty at Chicago transferred lands of the Chippewas, Ottawas and Pottawattamies along the western shore of Lake Michigan. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+2 more)
Most other events in the chronology record births, marriages and movements of individuals later connected with Beloit and surrounding towns, occurring elsewhere: births in Ireland, England, Norway, Germany, New York, New England and elsewhere; marriages in New York, Ohio and Connecticut; and removals to places such as Chemung County, New York, Buffalo, Bainbridge, Ohio, Geauga County, Ohio, and New Haven County, Connecticut. One entry notes that a law of 1834 extended to settlers who had made cultivation in 1833, and another that Sac Indians went to Maiden annually until 1833. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+30 more)
Month by month
- Winter 1833All land southwest of Sugar River was surveyed by the General Government during the first quarter of 1833.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- February 13, 1833The Winnebagoes, for considerations of land, money and supplies, ceded to the United States all lands to which they had title or claim lying south and east of the Wisconsin River and the Fox River of Green Bay; the treaty was proclaimed by Winfield Scott and Gov. Reynolds.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- April 1833Black Hawk, along with the prophet and Neapope, was taken to Washington, D. C., and kept as a prisoner in Fortress Monroe.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- June 1, 1833The time provided for the Indians to give possession of the ceded Winnebago lands arrived; no band of Winnebagoes was allowed to reside, plant, fish or hunt on the ceded grounds after this date, and the Indians were to have thirty days of soldier's rations.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- June 4, 1833Black Hawk and his fellow prisoners were discharged from Fortress Monroe.Nation and worldGrade 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
- August 1, 1833Black Hawk was formally placed under the guardianship of the legal Sac chief Keokuk at Fort Armstrong.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- September 26, 1833A treaty was made at Chicago between the United States and the Chippewas, Ottawas and Pottawattamies, by which those nations ceded their lands along the western shore of Lake Michigan and between that lake and the Winnebago cession.Nation and worldGrade A · 2 independent sources
- Fall 1833The sections and subdivisions were surveyed later in the same year by George W. Harrison; fourth-quarter 1833 survey work is recorded.The regionGrade A · 2 independent sources
- November 18, 1833Survey contracts (including George W. Harrison's surveys of subdivisions) were dated November 18, 1833.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- December 1833He assisted in organizing the American Antislavery Society at Philadelphia.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
During 1833
Events the sources date only to the year.
- 1833The "last teachings" were uttered in 1833, at the dispersion of the Black Hawk array.The regionGrade 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
- 1833By the end of 1833, a large amount of the public land had been surveyed.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1833One passage states the Sac war was "in 1833"; other passages date the Black Hawk War to 1832.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1833Settlers made cultivation in 1833 (the law of 1834 extended only to those who had made cultivation in 1833).The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1833He was appointed deputy sheriff for Derby and vicinity.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source