Mary Draper Ingles

Earliest recorded settlement by Morgan Morgan near Bunker Hill in present Berkeley County; Morgan Morgan is later credited as the first white settler in present West Virginia

Joist Hite moved to the Shenandoah valley

Isaac Van Meter settled in present Hardy County

Iroquois disposed territory in sales to colonial government

A treaty conference was held between representatives of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia and delegates from the Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora tribes; Virginia negotiators were able to buy their claim to the Ohio Valley in the Treaty of Lancaster

Christopher Gist was chosen by the Ohio Company to explore and survey the frontier west of the Alleghenies

Daniel Greathouse was born

Jesse Hughes was born near the Potomac South Branch

Christopher Gist visited the Jackson County area

The Wilson-Woodrow-Mytinger House was built in Romney

There were 1,200 Shawnee living in villages along the Ohio river

George Washington bought land on the South Fork of Bullskin Creek, a Shenandoah River tributary, in present Jefferson County

Dr. Thomas Walker arrived in present Summers County

Thomas Walker led the first recorded expedition into Kentucky

Washington's disastrous defeat at Fort Necessity began the French and Indian War

The French and Indian War began with Washington's defeat at Fort Necessity

Andrew Lewis was with Washington at Fort Necessity