Joseph Johnson

There were about 16 churches in present West Virginia

The Greenbrier Association of Baptists established

John Beckley wrote a Jefferson campaign biography

Ephraim and Anna Musick Hatfield moved their family from Russell County, Virginia to the Tug Valley

Jesse Hughes returned to West Virginia

John George Jackson married Mary Payne

The site of Jackson's Mill was first settled by Edward Jackson

Old State Road was opened to the Ohio River

George Gregg built a gristmill and sawmill on the Jug of Middle Island Creek

The Hatfields settled in Lincoln County

John Marshall was appointed secretary of state

The first whites settled in Mingo County as farmers

Newport was given a charter

Nicholas Harvey acquired the site of Red Sulpher Springs

John Bunnell built a cabin in Pennsboro

St. Albans was first settled as Coalsmouth

Sampson Sanders settled in Cabell County

Permanent settlement on the Tug Fork began

Henry Jolley established a ferry across the Ohio River at Sistersville

Union was established by General Assembly to be county seat for Monroe County

Fort Gay was the first permanent settlement in Wayne County

The West Fork River was declared a navigable public highway

Isaac Williams was authorized to operate a ferry to carry traffic to the Ohio Shore

Barney McGraw planted the first apple orchard in the Little Kanawha Valley

James Wood left office as governor of Virginia

Charles Town became the county seat of Jefferson County

Bryan Fairfax became one of first 14 justices of the peace in Jefferson County

John Jackson died

William W. Brumfield settled in Lincoln County at Big Ugly Creek

John Tackett settled in Lincoln County

John Marshall became the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

The first iron furnace west of the Allegheny Mountains was acquired by Peter Tarr and James Rankin

Dick Pointer was purchased and freed

The shape-note method for teaching singing first published in The Easy Instructor: A New Method of teaching Sacred Harmony in Philadelphia

A munitions plant began production at Harpers Ferry

Aaron Burr and accomplice Harman Blennerhassett were arrested

Alexander Campbell's father, Thomas Campbell, migrated to Washington, Pennsylvania

Patrick Gass published his journals from the Lewis and Clark expedition

Felix Grundy resigned from the Kentucky Supreme Court

Thomas Harris moved his family to Harrisville

Kingwood was settled

Bishop James Madison's maps appeared

The Wheeling Repository was established

William Parsons built the first road between Clarksburg and Point Pleasant

Thomas Harris moved westward from Clarksburg

The Halcyon Church declined

Levi Shinn died

Johann Stifel was born

James Caldwell land in West Union (Doddridge County) was sold, and settled by Nathan, William, and Joseph Davis

Alexander Henderson exposed the treasonous plans of Aaron Burr and Harman Blennerhassett

Alexander Campbell settled at present Bethany

Felix Grundy was elected to Congress

Road crews started in Maryland on the National Road

The New Orleans,the first steamboat on the inland rivers, was launched on the Ohio River at Pittsburgh

Gen. Elisha Boyd built the Martinsburg mansion Boydsville

Sinnett Triplett first known white man to occupy present Clay County

The first gristmill in Gilmer County was built in Glenville

Wilson Cary Nicholas purchased Green Bottom and established an overseer slave plantation

The Greenbrier College for Women was founded as the Lewisburg Academy by Dr. John McElhenney

Industrial development, especially salt and iron, was stimulated by the War of 1812

The Ices Ferry Ironworks supplied iron for shot used in the Battle of New Orleans and shipped nails and plates for Admiral Perry's Lake Erie squadron

The first Western Virginia rolling mill was in operation at Ices Ferry Ironworks

Legislature appointed John George Jackson a brigadier general in the Virginia militia during the war

John George Jackson emerged as one of the foremost businessmen of the upper Monongahela Valley

Aaron Stockton settled at Kanawha Falls

The Kanawha Valley salt industry boomed

John Marshall led a 20 man survey party mapping the route across West Virginia between the James and Ohio Rivers

Hawks Nest was named Marshall's Pillars

Justice Joseph Story delivered the decision to reverse Virginia Court of Appeals in the David Hunter case after John Marshall recused himself from the case

Robert Gorrell laid out town lots at present Middlebourne

John Marshall boated the New River to asses its navigation potential

Organ Cave was mined for saltpeter to manufacture gunpowder

Spencer was first settled by the Samuel Tanner and Jonathan Wolfe families

Anne Royall moved to Charleston after death of Wm. Royall

Henry Ruffner attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University)

John George Jackson began his salt works on the West Fork

Salt production quadrupled on 52 furnaces to reach one million bushels

Robert Simmons fought in the War of 1812

The "Big Cave" on Cave Mountain was a source of saltpeter for the production of gunpowder

Samuel Tanner and Jonathan Wolfe moved into a cave near present Spencer Middle School

Western Virginia militias took parts in the Northwest Campaign

Barboursville was designated the county seat of Cabell County

Indian trail extended to Barboursville

Dr. Eli Herman Moore was born in Brooke County

Joel Shrewsbury and William Dickinson Sr. moved their salt business to the Kanawha Salines (Malden)

Linsly Institute in Wheeling was founded

The second complete publication of account from Lewis & Clark expedition published since Patrick Gass's in 1807

Felix Grundy resigned from Congress

The Charlestown Gazette was established in Wellsburg

The first glass plant in West Virginia was built in Wellsburg

The Summers family moved to Walnut Grove

Tyler County was created

Roman Bath house constructed in Morgan County at Berkeley Springs State Park

James Otis Watson was born in Fairmont

Dr. Richard Ellis Putney set up practice in Malden

Claude Crozet ended term with Napoleon at his defeat at Waterloo

The stockade at Fort Lee was torn down

Patrick Gass returned home to Brooke County after the War of 1812

Stockton's Tavern, later known as the Glen Ferris Inn, was built by two Irishmen

Reported 52 salt furnaces were operating along the Kanawha River for a distance of ten miles east of Charleston

A small settlement began to farm near the present day eastern corporate limits of Hurricane

Maps for the Virginia Board of Public Works began being published

Daniel Ruffner built Holly Grove mansion in Charleston

Asa Shinn laid out town lots in present Shinnston

The daughters of Charles Wells laid out town lots for Sistersville

Middlebourne became the county seat of Tyler County

The first general conference of the clergy of the Church of the United Brethren was held

A log House was built in Union

Cabell County troops fought at the Battle of New Orleans

Martin Delany family was forced to flee Virginia to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for violating black education law

Harrisville was laid out by Thomas Harris

The first Western Virginia cut-nail machinery was installed at Ices Ferry Ironworks

The first Catholic church in West Virginia was established in Wheeling by German and Irish parishioners

Covered bridges over the Greenbrier and Gauley rivers opened

Bounties paid for gray wolves were discontinued

Organ Cave was owned by John Rogers

Robert W. Simmons was born at Fredericksburg

Williamstown was chartered

Elizabeth was chartered by the General Assembly

"Ruffner Pamphlet" published in Kanawha County

Gordon Battelle was ordained a Methodist minister

John Carlile was elected to the Virginia Senate

William Edwards was admitted to the New York bar

William Edwards published A Voyage on the River Amazon

John Floyd was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates

The Presbyterian Church was organized in Greenville

The Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike was completed

Cummins Jackson left Jackson's Mill to search for gold in CA

Citizens of Parkersburg, Elizabeth, and Glenville organized the Little Kanawha Navigation Company

Alexander Martin graduated from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania

Mining began in West Columbia, Mason County

Large flood occurred on the Ohio River

The Staunton to Parkersburg Turnpike was completed

Pocahontas County was formed

A group of Dutch immigrants arrived in Pocahontas County

Samuel Price was again elected to the Virginia legislature as a Whig from Greenbrier Count.

Henry Ruffner published the Address to the People of West Virginia anti-slavery pamphlet

The first Stone & Thomas Department Store opened in Wheeling

The first permanent United Brethren church was built in Sand Hill

The Buckhannon Male and Female Academy was established

A grist mill was built at Valley Falls by Bradshaw and William Whitescarver

Charles Ellet Jr. secured contracts for the Wheeling and Niagara Falls suspension bridges

Two Dutch families settled near the headwaters of the Williams River

Two turnpikes were completed in Wood County

The Blackwater Chronicle was originally published

Mr. Boyd purchased land at the corner of Race and Spring, Martinsburg

Barrackville bridge built by Lemuel Chenoweth

Covington & Ohio Railroad was charted

Thomas English bought 27 coal leases and incorporated two coal companies

Hamlin was chartered by the General Assembly

Jedediah Hotchkiss married Sara Comfort

Nativists adhering to the Know Nothing party threatened a papal diplomat visiting Wheeling

John Jacob married Jane Baird

John Jacob was appointed professor of political economy at the University of Missouri

Kingwood was chartered by the General Assembly

Hamlin was established by the General Assembly

Two locks and dams were added to the Guyandotte and Ohio River

Logan was chartered as town of Aracoma by the General Assembly

Mining began in Clifton

The St. John's Chapel was built

David Strother was commissioned by Harper and Brothers to write and illustrate article about sporting expedition into the Canaan wilderness

A suspension bridge was constructed on the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike at Sutton

The Fort Hill Farm brick house was built in Mineral County

Virginia's Chapel was built in Cedar Grove

Bishop Richard Whelan bought property for the Wheeling Hospital

Four-story building built as a warehouse for the Crescent Manufacturing Company in Wheeling

Psi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi was established

Archibald Campbell's paper The Intelligencer only paper in Virginia to endorse Abraham Lincoln's presidency

Archibald Campbell's paper The Intelligencer was the only paper in Virginia to endorse Abraham Lincoln's presidency

25 independent coal companies were organized

Bethany College was the only institution of higher education in Western Virginia

Allegheny College opened in Blue Sulphur Springs

Stephen Elkins graduated from University of Missouri

Daniel Farnsworth was elected to abortive term in House of Delegates of General Assembly

Fayette County population at 5,997

Another German newspaper was established in Wheeling

John Hale became the owner of a large salt works

Hancock County reported only 2 slaves in population of 4,445

First railroad in Hancock County received its charter

Nancy Hart and family moved to Roane County

Morris Harvey left his service as Fayette County sheriff

The Ices Ferry Ironworks closed due to lack of adequate transportation and the depletion of iron ore and fuel resources

Reported 28 charcoal iron furnaces had been constructed in West Virginia

Reported four Wheeling ironworks produced cut nails

John Jacob left the University of Missouri to study and practice law

Four short stone piers were placed under Jefferson Rock to stabilize it

George Latham opened his practice in Grafton

McDowell County had a population of 1,533

The Monongalia Academy, Morgantown Female Academy and Woodburn Female Seminary educated white students

Summersville was incorporated

The Rathbone Well, West Virginia's first major oil well, was drilled.

Reported 174 baptisms at St. John's Chapel, Monroe County

Rezin Davis Shepherd built a building for Shepherdstown's use

Traveller took top prizes at the Lewisburg fair

Census counted 1,428 residents in Tucker County

Virginia chartered six new western turnpikes

Webster County population was 1,555

The first permanent settler of Webster Springs was Polly Arthur

Wheeling had 14,083 people

Samuel D. Karnes leased an acre from the Rathbones