Clendenin Family

Baptists from Maryland established a settlement and meeting house at Mill Creek, present Gerrardstown

The Eman Bowen map was published

Lord Fairfax and Joist Hite engaged in a lawsuit

Jacob Marlin and Stephen Sewell, first white residents of the Greenbrier Valley, arrived in what is now Marlinton

The French expedition under Celeron de Blainville landed at Wheeling

Celoron de Blainville buried a lead plate at the Tu-Endie-Wei

Christian Newcomer, United Brethern church founder in Northern Panhandle, was born

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

Hampshire County was created

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

Kyashuta directed war efforts against the settlers during the French & Indian War

The Loyal Company had settled about 200 families on its lands

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

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

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

Kyashuta directed war efforts against settlers in Pontiac's Rebellion

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 volunteered to come to America

Margaret Agnew Blennerhassett was born in England

John Yeager, George Strader and Simon Kenton camped near mouth of Elk River in what would become the city of Charleston

George Clendenin's family settled in the Greenbrier Valley

Harmon Greathouse arrived in present Hancock County

Jesse Hughes married Grace Tanner

William Crawford made a survey for Washington in the Jackson County area

Simon Kenton began hunting and trapping in the Kanawha Valley

St. George's Chapel was constructed in Jefferson County

Joseph, Samuel, and James Tomlinson established the first settlement at what is now Moundsville

Andrew Lewis marched a frontier army from Camp Union, present Lewisburg, to the Ohio River

Capt. Arbuckle's troops join Gen. Lewis's march to Point Pleasant

Francis Asbury broke with the English Methodists established the Methodist Episcopal Church in America

Beverly became the first county seat of Randolph County

Construction began on the first courthouse in Clarksburg

George Clendenin purchased land from Judge Cuthbert Bullitt in Kanawha

James Caldwell patented 20,000 acres in Doddridge County

Virginia legislature chartered Randolph Academy in Clarksburg

The Kinnan family moved to Randolph County

St. Paul's in Aurora was established

Boaz Fleming led a part from Milford, Delaware, to present Fairmont

James Rumsey successfully demonstrated a steamboat on the Potomac River in Shepherdstown

James Rumsey tested the steamboat at Shepherdstown

James Swan moved to France

John Augustine Washington died

Rebecca Tomlinson Martin Williams and Isaac Williams permanently settled in Williamstown

John Beckley married Maria Prince

Beverly was chartered and named after governor Beverley Randolph

"Mad Anne" Bailey made 100-mile dash from besieged Fort Lee to Fort Union in Lewisburg for gunpowder

Horatio Gates sold his property and freed all of his slaves

Obadiah Paden settled between New Martinsville and Sistersville, in what is now Paden City

The first U.S. Census found the population of the territory now comprising West Virginia to be 55,873

St. Mary's was settled

The Shawnees defeated armies sent against their villages

Indians attacked Fort Tackett, kidnapping several people

Owen Neel II built a log house near Gap Mills

Bushrod Corbin Washington was born

John Wyatt settles Pine Grove

Jesse Bennet, wife, and daughter moved to Mason County

Buffington purchased the island, now Buffington Island

Elisha Brooks built the first salt furnace in the Charleston area

Book issued in Shepherdstown by P. Rootes and C. Blagrove

George Clendenin died in Marietta, Ohio

Salt furnaces in Kanawha County began

Jesse Bennet and family moved to Point Pleasant

Patrick Gass family located in Brooke County

The General Assembly created Brooke County from northern Ohio County

William Parson and Samuel Tanner settled in the Jackson County area

John J. Allen was born

Elisha Brooks built his salt furnace on land from Joseph Ruffner

Simon Kenton lost his wife in a fire

The Impartial Observer was founded in Shepherdstown

Pleasants County saw its first permanent settlers.

Anne Newport married William Royall

Lewis Ruffner was born

Walter Newman built a tavern at Point Pleasant

The William Little family settled Littleton

Wheeling became the county seat of Ohio County

Oceana was established

Bank of Virginia at Richmond incorporated

Jesse Bennet was influential in the formation of Mason County

Jesse Bennet was appointed major of the Mason County militia

Buckongahelas signed the Vincennes Treaty

Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel

The Lee Cabin was built by Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee

The Monongalia Gazette was founded in Morgantown

Aaron Burr made Blennerhassett Island a rendezvous point for his expedition south

First mentioned in Lewis Summers journals

Henry Harvey graduated from University of Pennsylvania

Dr. John McElhenney moved to Lewisburg

Mary Payne died

Joseph and David Ruffner successfully drilled for brine and erected the first salt furnaces, the Salines

The Ruffner brothers built the first commercial furnace at the Great Buffalo Lick

The Committee on Missions of the Synod of Virginia sent John McElhenney as a Presbyterian evangelist in Greenbrier and Monroe counties

James Swan was imprisoned for debt in France

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin outline a national transportation plan

John Tyler became governor of Virginia

Lewis Wetzel died at Rosetta, near Natchez

General Assembly authorized each county to establish district school system with limited state aid

Monroe County opened free school at Sinks Grove

Charles Faulkner married Mary W. Boyd

John Floyd graduated from South Carolina College

Felix Grundy was appointed to the U.S. Senate

The South Branch Intelligencer was founded

The Virginia Constitutional Convention failed to meet western demands

The Eclectic Observer was founded in Wheeling

Jesse Hughes died at Turkey Run

Completion of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike to the Ohio River was authorized by the General Assembly

Robert E. Lee graduated second in his class from West Point

William Fletcher received 20 acres of land in Welch

The state of Virginia began blasting and excavating shoals in the Kanawha River including the Red House shoal.

Phillip R. Thompson laid out the town of Phillipi

James Stephenson married Agnes Miller Boreman