Editing Jo Daviess County, Illinois (section)

==History==
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Jo Daviess County was formed in 1827 out of [[Henry County, Illinois|Henry]] and [[Putnam County, Illinois|Putnam]] counties. It is named for Maj. [[Joseph Hamilton Daveiss]], [[United States District Attorney]] for [[Kentucky]], who was killed in 1811 at the [[Battle of Tippecanoe]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n168 169]}}</ref> The local pronunciation is "Davis". Jo Daviess County was founded exclusively by immigrants from [[New England]]. These were old stock "[[Yankee]]" immigrants, meaning they were descended from the English [[Puritans]] who settled New England in the 1600s. The completion of the [[Erie Canal]] caused a surge in New England immigration to what was then the [[Northwest Territory]].

The end of the [[Black Hawk War]] led to an additional surge of immigration, once again coming almost exclusively from the six [[New England]] states as a result of overpopulation combined with land shortages in that region. Some of these later settlers were from [[upstate New York]] and had parents who had moved to that region from [[New England]] shortly after the [[American Revolution|Revolutionary War]]. New Englanders and New England transplants from upstate New York were the vast majority of Jo Daviess County's inhabitants during the first several decades of its history. These settlers were primarily members of the [[Congregational Church]] though due to the [[Second Great Awakening]] many of them had converted to [[Methodism]] and some had become [[Baptists]] before coming to what is now Jo Daviess County. The Congregational Church subsequently went through many divisions and some factions, including those in Jo Daviess County that affiliated with the [[Church of Christ]] and the [[United Church of Christ]].

As a result of this heritage the vast majority of inhabitants in Jo Daviess County, much like antebellum [[New England]] were overwhelmingly in favor of the abolitionist movement during the decades leading up to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>''The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion'' by H.F. Kett & Company, 1878.</ref>

In the late 1880s and early 1890s [[Irish American|Irish]] and [[German American|German]] migrants began moving into Jo Daviess County, most of these later immigrants did not move directly from [[Ireland]] and [[Germany]], but rather from other areas in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] where they had been living, particularly the state of [[Ohio]].<ref>The Early History of Northern Illinois by Charles Knapp Carpenter Ogle County Federation of Women's Clubs, 1948</ref>

===County border changes===
* 1830{{Snd}}The northern border of Illinois and Wisconsin was formally established. Until that time, several Wisconsin towns actually were under the jurisdiction of Jo Daviess County.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.galenahistorymuseum.org/courthouse.htm |title=Jo Daviess County Court House |access-date=April 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013072315/http://www.galenahistorymuseum.org/courthouse.htm |archive-date=October 13, 2008 }} Jo Daviess County Courthouse: History Highlights</ref>
* 1831{{Snd}}[[Rock Island County, Illinois|Rock Island County]] was formed from a part of the county, along with a new northern extension of Henry County and Putnam County.
* 1836{{Snd}}[[Whiteside County, Illinois|Whiteside]], [[Ogle County, Illinois|Ogle]], and [[Winnebago County, Illinois|Winnebago]] counties were formed from the southern and eastern sections of the county.
* 1837{{Snd}}[[Stephenson County, Illinois|Stephenson County]] was formed from the eastern section of the county.
* 1839{{Snd}}[[Carroll County, Illinois|Carroll County]] was formed from the southern section of the county.

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File:Jo Daviess County Illinois 1827.png|Jo Daviess County at the time of its creation to 1831 (Wisconsin border adjustment not shown)
File:Jo Daviess County Illinois 1831.png|Jo Daviess between 1831 and 1836
File:Jo Daviess County Illinois 1836.png|Jo Daviess between 1836 and 1837. Whiteside and Ogle counties remained temporarily attached to Jo Daviess until county governments could be organized.<ref>White, Jesse.  ''Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties.'' State of Illinois, March 2010.  [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/ipub15.pdf]</ref>
File:Jo Daviess County Illinois 1837.png|Jo Daviess between 1837 and 1839
File:Jo Daviess Counry Illinois 1839.png|Jo Daviess reduced to its current size in 1839 by the creation of Carroll County and the organization of a government in Whiteside County
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