Burning Springs

Buckongahelas' son Mahonegon was killed by Capt. William White

George Fairfax stopped working as Lord Fairfax's agent

Horatio Gates built his home, Traveller's Rest, in Berkeley County

Daniel Davisson claimed land through settlement in Harrison County

Walter Kelly was credited as the first settlement despite being killed after a year

Charles Lee returned to America

Martinsburg was laid out by Gen. Adam Stephens

Edward Dulin was the first white settler in New Martinsville

Robert Thornton claimed 400 acres in Parkersburg.

Horatio Gate purchased property in present Jefferson County

Vienna was first settled

Thomas Bullitt surveyed much of present downtown Charleston

Forks of Cheat Baptist Church organized at Stewartstown

First reference to current name of Droop Mountain

Indians burned down Fort Blair at Point Pleasant

Chief Cornstalk and other Ohio chiefs signed the Treaty of Pittsburgh

First detailed description of Grave Creek Mound by Nicholas Cresswell

The Morris family had settled and established a boat yard on the Kanawha River

William Morris claimed lands in Nicholas County

Gen. Charles Lee purchased the original log house of Prato Rio.

The Mequashake Shawnees led by Cornstalk adopted neutrality during the American Revolution

Thomas Walker served in the House of Burgesses

The first class at Bethany College included international students

Henry Ruffner gathered with other western Virginians at a convention in Clarksburg and allied for a system of free public schools

Alexander Campbell argued for public education at the education convention in Clarksburg

Scarcity of deer first noted in present West Virginia

John Hale attended Mercer Academy in Charleston

The Northwestern Academy was established

Work commenced on the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike

The Jackson family gristmill was constructed at Jackson's Mill

Nathaniel Kuykendall operated a stagecoach and mail delivery service on the Northwestern Virginia Turnpike

Robert Simmons settled in Parkersburg

The Staunton Turnpike was placed under control of the Board of Public Works

Portion of the Staunton Turnpike were open to wagon travel

George Summers was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

Elizabeth Tomlinson died

Charles Ward was born

John Thornton Augustine Washington died

James O. Watson married Matilda Lamb

Charles Ellet Jr was appointed chief engineer of the Fairmont Bridge

Richard Whelan was consecrated as the second bishop of the Diocese of Richmond

Waitman Willey was elected clerk of the Monongalia County Court