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
Joseph Johnson became captain of the Harrison Riflemen
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
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
