Francis Asbury

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

While hunting, Kyashuta encounters George Washington on his canoe trip

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

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

Charles Clendenin settled in the Greenbrier Valley

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

Virginia ceded its claim to the Northwest Territory to the U.S.

George Washington visited the Cheat River

People settled in Monongalia County and Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War

Clarksburg became the county seat of the new Harrison County

Fort Harmar was established in Marietta, Ohio, as a frontier fort

George Washington exploratory trip into the Ohio Valley encouraged the James River Company

The Rehoboth Methodist Church was established in Monroe County

William Haymond surveyed streets and lots in Morgantown

George Washington visited Zackquill Morgan to discuss possible locations of roads

Yohogania County was dissolved when the Virginia-Pennsylvania border dispute was settled

George Washington and others formed the Potowmack Company

Senecas began allying themselves with the Shawnee

The Mason-Dixon line survey was completed

Governor Benjamin Harrison granted land to Washington in present Dunbar and St. Albans, and also in present Marshall County

Mad Anne Bailey married John Bailey

American troops ended John Amberson's attempts to establish a government for local settlers on present Buffington Island

Clarksburg was chartered

Virginia Assembly abolished the Fairfax proprietary

Capt James Neal settled at Parkersburg

Nonhelema, "Grenadier Squaw," petitioned Congress for a grant of land near her Ohio home

The James River Company was formed by Virginia for a water route over the Allegheny Mountains

Virginia authorized construction of the Old State Road, now U.S. 60

The Jefferson Rock was named for Thomas Jefferson

The word moonshine first entered the English language due to brandy smuggling on coasts of Kent and Sussex

Alexander Parker bought land from Thornton in present Parkersburg

Virginia (and consequently West Virginia) gained water rights from Maryland.

Levi Shinn established a local gristmill in present Shinnston

Col. George Clendenin purchased 1,030 acres from Judge Cuthbert Bullitt at the Mouth of Elk, present Charleston

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

Kentucky County became the state of Kentucky

Harman Blennerhassett inherited the family estate

Daniel Boone moved to Charleston

Joseph Doddridge became first minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Trans-Allegheny Virginia

Congress authorized the building of two national arsenals for the storage of arms

Benjamin Lewis settled in what became Mason County

Logan County was first settled

Two of the Morris daughters were killed by the renegade Simon Girty

The Ohio Company went into demise

The Salem Seventh Day Baptist Church was founded in West Virginia

Sutton was settled by Adam O'Brien

The first hotel at Sweet Springs was built by William Lewis

White hunters began to settle in Tyler County

The first gristmill was built on Big Sandy Creek

Mad Anthony Wayne left the House of Representatives when his seat was declared vacant due to irregularities

U.S. raised small army with Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne in command

Western Virginia land grant gave 200,000 acres of land to Bruen

Richard Watson printed Christian Panoply, the first book printed in present West Virginia

Joseph Ruffner purchased 502 acres of land at Campbells Creek

John Dickinson conveyed a tract of 704 acres to Samuel and John Shrewsbury

An alderman system was authorized

William Beauchamp settled in the area of present Elizabeth

George, William and Alexander Clendenin sold Fort Lee to Joseph Ruffner

Joseph Ruffner arrived in the Kanawha Valley

Construction began on a more substantial courthouse for Ohio County

Walter Newman erected a hewn-log house at Point Pleasant which still stands today

David Ruffner finally left old Virginia

Thomas and Jonathan Buffington came to the mouth of the Guyandotte River to take possession of land

William Ice and Aiden Bales pioneered Grant District, Wetzel County

Obadiah Paden settle Paden City

Ebenezer Zane blazed his trace to Maysville, Kentucky

James Wood became governor of Virginia