John Beckley

Matthew Arbuckle's first post was gentleman justice of Botetourt County

Development of the land called Grand Ohio Company, Vandalia Company and Walpole Company organized

Colonists began returning to the Greenbrier Valley.

Families descended the rivers and settled in the bottomlands of the Ohio

Waves of pioneers began to sweep into the upper Ohio, Monongahela, Greenbrier and Kanawha valleys

The first white people settled in present Lewis County

The first white settlers in Marshall County were John Wetzel and his family

The Zane brothers were the first white men to settle in present Ohio County

The Pringle brothers led a small group of settlers back to the Buckhannon Valley to begin a permanent settlement there.

John Stuart was a surveyor in the expedition to establish a permanent settlement in Greenbrier

Adam Stroud settled in present Webster County as the first white settler

Bryan Fairfax declined the title to become Lord Fairfax

Hughes' detractors unsuccessfully attempted to have Hughes River renamed "Junius River"

The Presbyterian general Assembly adopted a policy to send missionaries to the American frontier settlements to form new congregations.

John Stuart built a large stone house in Fort Springs

John Augustine Washington was born

The Treaty of Fort Harmar was signed

Beverly was chartered and named after governor Beverley Randolph

Charles Clendenin died

"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

There were about 16 churches in present West Virginia

The Greenbrier Association of Baptists established

Ephraim and Anna Musick Hatfield moved their family from Russell County, Virginia to the Tug Valley

Jesse Hughes returned to West Virginia

John George Jackson married Mary Payne

The site of Jackson's Mill was first settled by Edward Jackson

Old State Road was opened to the Ohio River

Joseph Johnson traveled to Winchester, Virginia

George Gregg built a gristmill and sawmill on the Jug of Middle Island Creek

The Hatfields settled in Lincoln County

John Marshall was appointed secretary of state

The first whites settled in Mingo County as farmers

Newport was given a charter

Nicholas Harvey acquired the site of Red Sulpher Springs

John Bunnell built a cabin in Pennsboro

St. Albans was first settled as Coalsmouth

Sampson Sanders settled in Cabell County

Permanent settlement on the Tug Fork began

Henry Jolley established a ferry across the Ohio River at Sistersville

Union was established by General Assembly to be county seat for Monroe County

Fort Gay was the first permanent settlement in Wayne County

The West Fork River was declared a navigable public highway

Isaac Williams was authorized to operate a ferry to carry traffic to the Ohio Shore

Barney McGraw planted the first apple orchard in the Little Kanawha Valley

James Wood left office as governor of Virginia

Patrick Gass was sent to Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory

Hamlin was first settled by David Stephenson

Mathias and Lydia Harman were the firsts whites to settle in McDowell County

The federal government proposed an all-weather road to connect eastern markets with the Ohio watershed

Sampson Sanders built his inheritance into the largest land holding in Cabell County

Charles Wells founded Wells Landing (now Sistersville)