Celoron de Blainville

Surge of frontier exploration began

The Shenandoah Valley was explored by John Lederer

Ephraim G. Squier and Edwin H. Davis documented Salt Rock petroglyphs

Heirs of Matthias Bruen of New York City inherited 200,000 acres of land

Legislature allowed citizens to petition counties to establish free schools

Joseph Diss Debar moved to Parkersburg

Legislation authorized school commissioners to use local taxes to supplement state aid for the poor

William Edwards traveled to the Amazon River

Salt production in the Kanawha Valley peaked at 3,244,786 bushels

Weston's first newspaper began publishing

Joseph Lightburn enlisted in the army as a private

Alexander Martin served as principal of Kingwood Academy in Preston County

Ephraim Squier and Edwin Davis conducted a survey of prehistoric mounds in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys

New Martinsville became the county seat of Wetzel County

Jesse Reno graduated from West Point.

The Christian Minstrel was published introducing a second system using seven shapes to teach singing

Churches in Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, and Gilmer counties merged with those in Braxton County to form the Lewis or Buckhannon Circuit of the United Brethren

The administration building at the School for Deaf and Blind was built