Robert E. Lee

Fairfax's plantation, Shannon Hill, was sold by daughter to G. W. Hammond

James River & Kanawha Turnpike was completed

William H. Cabell sold Green Bottom and its slaves to Capt. William Jenkins

The Staunton Convention failed to meet western demands

Elizabeth Cummins Jackson died

James Monroe Jackson was born

City of Bolivar was established

Project management of the National Road was passed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Capt. Henry Shreve replaced the first Washington with the George Washington

Cedar Lawn was built by John Thornton Augustine Washington

Isaiah Welch was born in Doddridge County

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

Monroe County opened free school at Sinks Grove

Alexander Clendenin died

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

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

Beckley was established as a town

Grave Creek Tablet found at Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville

Claymont burned to the brick walls

James Warren and T. W. Morzani patented the Warren double-intersection truss

Northwestern Virginia Turnpike was completed to Parkersburg

Palatine was surveyed

Construction began on the Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike

Claudius Crozet recommended that 10 locks and dams be constructed to permit navigation of the Little Kanawha

The Monongahela Navigation Company of Pennsylvania built a series of locks and dams from Pittsburgh to the West Virginia border

The General Assembly granted Morgantown its first charter

Martinsville was incorporated

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad arrived in Paw Paw

Samuel Price moved to Lewisburg

The Princeton post office opened

Alexander Reynolds graduated from West Point

The Shannondale Springs resort was incorporated

The James River & Kanawha Turnpike was extended to Parkersburg

The first class of West Liberty State College met in the home of Nathan Shotwell

Dr. John J. Moorman began doctoring the crowds at White Sulphur Springs

The congregation of the African Zion Baptist Church formally organized for the black community of Malden.

Lemuel Chenoweth designed and built Philippi's covered bridge.

Buckhannon was chartered

Archibald Campbell graduated from Bethany College

James Watson organized the Montana Mining Company

Martin Delany published The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, And Destiny of the Colored People of the United States

William Edwards opened his first coal mines on Paint Creek

Thomas Moore Jackson was born

Jacob Jackson was admitted to the bar

Anna Maria Reeves married Granville E. Jarvis

George Smith Patton graduated the Virginia Military Institute

La Belle Ironworks was founded

Weston's first bank opened its doors

Thomas Lake Harris and James L. Scott jointly led the Mountain Cove Spiritualist community

The Wheeling Intelligencer was established

The Ritchie Mines was discovered by Frederick Lemon

Shinnston was chartered as a town by the General Assembly

David Strother contributed 20 illustrations to John Pendleton Kennedy's Swallow Barn: A Sojourn in the Old Dominion

George Summers was elected circuit judge of Kanawha County

Grafton emerged as a city

A major flood hit Virginius Island

James O Watson joined with Francis H. Pierpont to open a mine in Fairmont

Wheeling had a library

The Wheeling Intelligencer began

The Potomac River flooded

The Shenandoah River flooded

Lewis William Washington became John Brown's hostage at Harpers Ferry