The chronology
1843
158 published events.
Overview
The year 1843 opened in Beloit with Rev. Mr. Murphy beginning a ministry on January 1, and on January 24 Albert Salisbury was recorded as the first white child born in the town. Orrin Guernsey taught school in the new frame building during the winter, and settlers met at the house of Lyman Morse to sign a petition asking the Legislature to organize their town, first to be called Franklin, then Fulton. Leonard Humphrey's first school exhibition was given on March 16, and Miss Eliza D. Field opened a school for young ladies under the charter in the spring. A charter for the establishment of a free academy was obtained during the year, and a school was started in the basement of the Congregational church in 1843 or 1844. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+3 more)
Town government expanded in 1843. On March 21 the town of Fulton was organized by act of the legislature, as was the township of Johnstown, and that part of Janesville in township 3 north, range 14 east was detached and organized into a separate town. On March 23 an act was approved annexing five sections of the present town of Turtle to the town of Clinton. The second town meeting of Beloit was held April 4 at the house of Samuel Case, with Heman Murray elected Chairman of Supervisors, and the voters of the town of Fulton held their first town meeting the first Tuesday of April at the house of William B. Foster. The territorial legislature also approved a charter authorizing a dam across Rock river at Janesville, and commissioners were appointed to alter the Beloit–Madison road and lay out other roads. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+3 more)
Death and burial came to Beloit in December: Dr. White died on December 23, and funeral services of Dr. Horace White were held at the old stone church on December 25. The Moseley family reached Beloit on May 15, and Rev. Mr. Winchell was secured to preach each alternate week on July 3, with Rev. Moses Pickett called to preach every other week on November 11. ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ (+5 more)
Month by month
- Winter 1843Settlers met at the house of Lyman Morse and signed a petition asking the Legislature to organize their town (first to be called Franklin, then Fulton).BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- January 24, 1843Albert Salisbury, the first white child in the town, was born.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- February 17, 1843Lands in Wisconsin were originally set apart by the president of the United States.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 16, 1843Leonard Humphrey's first school exhibition was given.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 21, 1843The town of Fulton was organized by act of the legislature.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 21, 1843The township of Johnstown was organized by act of the legislature.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- March 21, 1843That part of Janesville in township 3 north, range 14 east, was detached and organized into a separate town.Rock CountyGrade A · 2 independent sources
- March 23, 1843An act was approved annexing five sections of the present town of Turtle to the town of Clinton.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- Spring 1843The first permanent Methodist class/church was formed in Janesville, consisting of nine or ten members, with John Wynn appointed leader (one passage names Rev. Boyd Phillips as organizer).Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- April 1843The first Tuesday in April 1843, the voters of the town of Fulton met at the house of William B. Foster and held their first town meeting, electing George B. [surname not given].Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- Spring 1843The Stockman family sold their farm in New York and located in Milton Township.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- Spring 1843Miss Eliza D. Field opened a school for young ladies under the charter.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- April 1843Lars Simonson and family came to Newark Township.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- April 1, 1843The territorial legislature approved an act granting a charter to A. Hyatt Smith and others, authorizing a dam across Rock river at Janesville.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- April 4, 1843The second town meeting was held at the house of Samuel Case; Heman Murray was elected Chairman of Supervisors.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- April 10, 1843An act was approved annexing township 3 north, range 12 east, west of Rock river, to the town of Janesville.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- April 12, 1843An act was approved appointing commissioners to alter the Beloit–Madison road and lay out roads from Janesville to Ellis's Mill and to Mineral Point.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- May 1843Benjamin Brown joined the Congregational church in Beloit.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- July 3, 1843Rev. Mr. Winchell was secured to preach each alternate week (Beloit).BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- August 12, 1843The Clinton post office was established.Nation and worldGrade A · 2 independent sources
- September 1843The board of commissioners ordered James H. Knowlton to put and keep the court house in repair and make improvements to it and the public square.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- September 1843G. Johnson arrived in Whitewater, and W. Pickett arrived in Turtle.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- September 13, 1843Clausen was called as pastor of the congregation organized on his arrival.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- Fall 1843Magnolia was located by Joshua Dunbar, Andrew Cotter, Joseph Prentice and a man named Jenkins.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 21, 1843The sheriff's deed to Payne, for the tract later occupied by the Newburgh townsite, was dated.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 1843James Sowle came to Rock County and settled on Sec. 26, purchasing 240 acres; the land was deeded to him from the Probate Court in the fall of 1843.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- November 11, 1843Rev. Moses Pickett was called to preach every other week.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- December 1843A Norwegian settler moved from Clinton Township to Newark Township.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- December 1843George Barnes came to Janesville from Milwaukee.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- December 4, 1843Henry Dodge took his seat for his second term as delegate at the commencement of the first session of the twenty-eighth Congress.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- December 25, 1843Funeral services of Dr. Horace White were held at the old stone church.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
During 1843
Events the sources date only to the year.
- 1843The log schoolhouse at the "big ford" of Rock river was used until 1843, when another log house was occupied by the school.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843The subject's father moved to Rock county and settled on land his father had purchased.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843E. Bowerman came to Wisconsin and settled in Fulton Township, Rock Co.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Surveyor Willard Barrows noted Black Hawk's wigwam and grave while surveying.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843The first brick making occurred, brick being burned by Mr. C.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Daniel Tallman came to Turtle, Rock Co., and settled on 103 acres.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843The building of a dam above the town began to be seriously considered about 1843.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843A man came to Wisconsin and located and purchased 260 acres at La Prairie.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843The Gaarder family immigrated from Norway and settled in Rock county (Plymouth Township), making the journey from Milwaukee with ox teams.Rock CountyGrade A · 2 independent sources
- 1843Guy Stoughton and Clouden Stoughton obtained a charter of the water-power from the Government, erected a dam and built a mill (on the Catfish River).The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Plans for higher Christian education, including one for a college colony at Beaver Dam, were discussed in 1842 and 1843.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843The part of the Van Buren town site in Rock county was sold under its government designation, and thereafter conveyed as farming land.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Rev. Ole and family came to Rock County (locating in Porter).Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Thomas Quigley located and claimed sixty acres where the railroad depot later stood.The regionGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843A marriage license was recorded for Eli Hayes of Beloit and Naomi K. Curtis of Beloit.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843The Stockman family (of Saratoga Co., N. Y.) came to Rock Co., the father buying a farm in Harmony Township.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Dr. Daniel C. Babcock came west and settled at Johnston [Johnstown], Rock county, one of the first physicians in southern Wisconsin.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843A family removed to Rock Co. with their parents and settled in Janesville.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843A settler came to America in 1843 and located on the farm near Emerald Grove he still owned (240 acres).Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Meetings previously held in private houses moved, through the exertions of Rev. Stephen P. [Chapin].BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843A school was started in the basement of the Congregational church, in 1843 or 1844.BeloitGrade A · 2 independent sources
- 1843A man purchased a farm in Calhoun county, Michigan (later moving to Magnolia township in 1844).Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843The first school taught in Clinton was taught by Miss Eliza Baker at Willis' Corners, with an attendance of twenty scholars.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Congregationalist meetings began in Janesville, held in the Court House, the schoolhouse, or at members' residences.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843C. Bailey (A. C. Bailey) held a town office beginning in 1843.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843T. Morgan built the Dulac (later Morgan) House in Milton.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Several countrymen followed the first settler into the town of Newark.Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Two Johnstown settlers came to Wisconsin in 1843, one locating with his father at Johnstown, the other purchasing 244 acres there.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843A charter for the establishment of a free academy was obtained.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Gunder Knutson located in Newark near the large spring on Section 4, buying the interest Gunnel Stordock sold in the place.Rock CountyGrade A · 2 independent sources
- 1843A Footville-area man was born in Ohio in 1843 and came to Wisconsin with parents in 1849 (two passages).Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843Town officers for 1843 included H. Murray, Ira Jones, and A. C. [surname not given].BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- 1843The first lumber yard in Janesville was established by Elbridge G. Fifield.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source