Charles Washington

Mad Anne Bailey married Richard Trotter

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

Matthew Arbuckle became first settler in Lewisburg

Boling Baker led band of Shawnees to steal horses from Bluestone River area

Aracoma and her husband Boling Baker were killed by white men

Settlement in present Barbour County began

Fleming Cobb, pioneer scout, planted at least two pear trees that survived.

Castle Rock formation in Pineville reported

Horatio Gates was defeated by Cornwallis at Camden, SC

Charles Washington built Happy Retreat, at Charles Town

Settlers built their adjoining houses in a rectangle in Harrison County two miles west of Nutter's Fort

Congress dismissed Charles Lee from the army after insulting letters to Congress

Chief Logan was killed, allegedly by a nephew

Methodists establish the earliest class on the Greenbrier Circuit in Union

John Stuart was name clerk of Greenbrier County

Henry St. George Tucker Sr was born

Thomas Walker surveyed the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina

Governor Thomas Jefferson granted 250 acres at Burning Springs in Kanawha County jointly to Washington and Andrew Lewis

Ostenaco died in eastern Tennessee

Hardy County was formed from Hampshire County

The lawsuit between Lord Fairfax and Joist Hite was finally settled

The U.S. started dividing the western territories into rectangular townships

Edward Keenan deeded five acres in Monroe County for the Rehoboth Church and burying grounds

Lewis and Christopher Tacket built a Fort in St. Albans

Sampson Sanders was born in Loudoun County, Virginia

John Young constructed the Tackett's Fort

William Beauchamp Sr was the earliest settlers in the Wirt County area

Daniel Boone and his family moved to Missouri

Meshach Browning married Mary McMullen

The U.S. Armory and Arsenal was established at Harpers Ferry

The McComas family were the first whites to settle in Lincoln County

John Marshall was elected to Congress

The Little Kanawha Circuit of Methodists was formed

The first recorded school was established in Moundsville

The Berkeley Intelligencer was founded in Martinsburg

Vienna failed in trying to become county seat of Wood County

Wood County was formed and Newport was made the county seat

William Richmond acquired a ten-acre tract on the New River at Sandstone Falls

John Stuart wrote Memoir of Indian Wars and Other Occurrences