Mad Anne Bailey

Coal discovered on the Coal River in present Boone County by explorer John Peter Salling

First iron furnace in West Virginia was established by Thomas Mayberry at Bloomery near present Harpers Ferry; the Quaker William Vestal erected Vestal's Bloomery near the Shenandoah River in present Jefferson County; iron industry develops

First mention of Blennerhassett Island in journal of Indian trader George Croghan

Captain Bull, Delaware Indian, settled near the Little Kanawha

St. Peter's Lutheran Church was established at Shepherdstown

John "Hunter John" Myers was born

Maj. John Hansford was born in Orange County

The British Stamp Act was passed

Rehoboth Church was built in Monroe County, first church west of Alleghenies

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