Kyashuta

Buckongahelas was born

Present Hampshire County was first visited by Europeans

Chief Logan was born in Pennsylvania

Settlements in the Allegheny Mountains began

Records reveal schoolmasters employed in Romney and Greenbrier settlements

Frederick was divided into two counties

Governor Dinwiddie sent George Washington to upper Ohio to warn French out of Ohio Valley

Robert Files and David Tygart families first settled Beverly

Christopher Gist took residence in western Pennsylvania

Christopher Gist guided George Washington on his trip to warn the French away from English claimed land

Ulrich Conrad Sr. from Switzerland settled in Franklin

Andrew Culbertson settled near present Hinton

John Taylor was born

The Potomac River flooded

Governor Dinwiddie set aside 200,000 acres of land for men who served in the French & Indian War

Alexander Clendenin was born in Augusta County

Hampshire County was created

William Fairfax commanded the Alexandria volunteers against the French and Indians in the Shenandoah valley

The Loyal Company had settled about 200 families on its lands

Thomas Walker began serving as commissary general in the French & Indian War

Mary Ingles was captured and held by Shawnees

Mary Draper Ingles was carried from Virginia into captivity in Ohio

Fort Ashby was built on John Sellers' farm

Settlers were killed by Indians along Patterson Creek

Evan Watkins farm began serving as outpost and depot for Virginia Regiment

Christopher Gist served as scout for the Virginia military commanded by Washington

John Hale's great-grandmother escaped from the Shawnees

Mary Draper Ingles was taken captive by the Shawnee

Killbuck left the settlers in South Branch Valley with the commencement of hostilities

Revised versions of the Fry-Jefferson maps appeared

George Washington ordered a stockade and fort built in Mineral County

The massacre at Baughman's Fort on the Greenbrier River occurred killing a schoolmaster

The Senecas allied themselves with the French at the Battle of the Monongahela

All settlements in Summers County area were erased during the French & Indian War

Thomas Walker was at Braddock's defeat

George Washington became colonel of the Virginia Regiment

Batts and Fallam exploration used in French & Indian War treaty negotiations to lay claim for England to the Ohio Valley

Robert Clendenin was injured in a battle with the Shawnee

The Treaty of Paris ended French & Indian War

The French gave up all territories in the Ohio Valley at the end of the French & Indian War

Pontiac's Rebellion followed French & Indian War

Cornstalk raided Greenbrier settlements during Pontiac's War

The French withdrew from North America leaving Ohio a boundary between white and Indian territory

John Semple constructed West Virginia's first blast furnace

Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon arrived in America from England

The Senecas fought in Pontiac's Rebellion

New settlements in Summers County were destroyed during Pontiac's Rebellion

Treaty of Paris ended French and Indian War

Francis Asbury is part of the Methodist movement in England

Botetourt County formed from southern half of Augusta

John Corbly settled in the Morgantown area

John Sutton formed the Simpson Creek Baptist Church in Harrison County

Adam Stephen purchased 255 acres of land in present Berkeley County and laid out Martinsburg

Lord Dunmore was appointed governor of New York

William Stewart came from Ireland to the Forks of Cheat in present Monongalia County

Col. George Washington and Dr. James Craik claimed land in the Ohio watershed on their canoe trip

Killbuck died at the Delaware village in present Coshocton, Ohio

The upper watershed of the Little Kanawha was explored by John Hacker

Chief Logan moved his family to the Ohio Valley

George Washington surveyed Ohio River bottomlands from Point Pleasant to Letart

Samuel McColloch emigrated from the South Branch of the Potomac to Wheeling

A survey party led by George Washington visited the present Point Pleasant area in Mason County

George Washington surveyed the present Ravenswood area in Jackson County and later acquired 2,448 acres there

Jesse Hughes became the first European to enter Roane County

John Stuart built the first mill in Greenbrier County

Joseph Tomlinson and brother Samuel Tomlinson settled in the Ohio Valley frontier

The Treaty of Lochaber secured for Britain any lands in the Western Virginia region not covered by the Treaty of Hard Labor

George Washington wrote the first written accounts of the forests of present West Virginia

A permanent settlement was made in the Buckhannon Valley

A log house was built by James Byrnside in Union

Samuel Washington built his house Harewood in present Jefferson County

Daniel Greathouse led a party to ambush on Mingo Indians, killing all, including Chief Logan's family

Chief Logan turned on the settlers and led several retaliatory raids

Chief Logan had four raids on white settlements during the summer

Wedding of Dolley Payne Todd and James Madison at Harewood

Jesse Bennet performed the first cesarean section in America

Harman Blennerhassett married his niece Margaret Agnew

Wayne and army advanced into the Maumee Valley of Ohio

Battle of Fallen Timbers which defeated Ohio Valley Indians led to disuse of forts

Congress authorized the building of two armories for the manufacture of small arms

President George Washington received congressional approval to establish armories and arsenals throughout the nation

The Peter Tarr Furnace was established in present Hancock County, the first iron furnace west of the mountains

Blaker's Mill water-powered gristmill was constructed in Alderson

The Whiskey Rebellion occurred

The General Assembly of Virginia chartered the town of Point Pleasant

Joseph Ruffner purchased land from John Dickinson at Charleston

Dr. Joseph Spencer permanently settled Vienna

The Whiskey Rebellion ended