Wetzel County

Buckongahelas' son Mahonegon was killed by Capt. William White

Burning Springs discovered by Capt. Matthew Arbuckle

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

Robert Thornton claimed 400 acres in Parkersburg.

Horatio Gate purchased property in present Jefferson County

Vienna was first settled

Artist John Drinker was active in Pocahontas County

Gen. William Darke voted for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution during the Virginia ratifying convention

Daniel Boone and his family settled near mouth of Kanawha River

Dr. Henry Harvey was born in Fincastle, Virginia

Pendleton County was formed.

Franklin originated as county seat of Pendleton County

David E. Jackson was born

The first Mennonites in West Virginia settled near Lewisburg

George Lemon was born

John Stuart was a member of the Virginia convention that advocated ratification of the U.S. Constitution

Ebenezer Zane represented Ohio County in the Virginia convention to ratify U.S. Constitution

John Beckley married Maria Prince

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

Western Virginia land grant gave 200,000 acres of land to Bruen

Richard Watson printed Christian Panoply, the first book printed in present West Virginia

Joseph Ruffner purchased 502 acres of land at Campbells Creek

John Dickinson conveyed a tract of 704 acres to Samuel and John Shrewsbury

An alderman system was authorized

William Beauchamp settled in the area of present Elizabeth

George, William and Alexander Clendenin sold Fort Lee to Joseph Ruffner

Joseph Ruffner arrived in the Kanawha Valley

Bishop Asbury again held sessions of the Greenbrier Conference at Rehoboth Church

Construction began on a more substantial courthouse for Ohio County

Walter Newman erected a hewn-log house at Point Pleasant which still stands today

David Ruffner finally left old Virginia

Thomas and Jonathan Buffington came to the mouth of the Guyandotte River to take possession of land

Obadiah Paden settle Paden City

Ebenezer Zane blazed his trace to Maysville, Kentucky

James Wood became governor of Virginia

Jesse Bennet, wife, and daughter moved to Mason County

Buffington purchased the island, now Buffington Island

Elisha Brooks built the first salt furnace in the Charleston area

Book issued in Shepherdstown by P. Rootes and C. Blagrove

William Clendenin moved his family to Mason County

George Clendenin died in Marietta, Ohio

Salt furnaces in Kanawha County began

Jesse Bennet and family moved to Point Pleasant

Patrick Gass family located in Brooke County

The General Assembly created Brooke County from northern Ohio County

William Parson and Samuel Tanner settled in the Jackson County area

John J. Allen was born

Elisha Brooks built his salt furnace on land from Joseph Ruffner

Simon Kenton lost his wife in a fire

The Impartial Observer was founded in Shepherdstown

Pleasants County saw its first permanent settlers.

Anne Newport married William Royall

Lewis Ruffner was born

Walter Newman built a tavern at Point Pleasant

Wheeling became the county seat of Ohio County

Oceana was established

Barboursville was designated the county seat of Cabell County

Indian trail extended to Barboursville

Dr. Eli Herman Moore was born in Brooke County

Joel Shrewsbury and William Dickinson Sr. moved their salt business to the Kanawha Salines (Malden)

Linsly Institute in Wheeling was founded

The second complete publication of account from Lewis & Clark expedition published since Patrick Gass's in 1807

Felix Grundy resigned from Congress

Joseph Johnson marched his company north to Norfolk

The Charlestown Gazette was established in Wellsburg

The first glass plant in West Virginia was built in Wellsburg

The Summers family moved to Walnut Grove

Park was built on the upper end of Blennerhassett Island

Railroad line was built through the area of New Cumberland by Pennsylvania Railroad

William Edwin Chilton ran unsuccessfully for state senate

Aretas Fleming's fortunes were joined with U.S. Sen. Johnson Newlon Camden

Millard F. Giesey opened his own architecture office in Wheeling

John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers

John P. Hale produced book, Trans-Allegheny Pioneers

A "substantial brick jail" was added to the courthouse in Hamlin

A referendum was unsuccessfully proposed to make Ravenswood the new county seat of Jackson County

Harriet Jones opened a private practice in Wheeling

Marlin's Bottom changed its name to Marlinton

John McGraw was appointed collector of internal revenue for West Virginia by President Cleveland

A branch of the B&O reached Morgantown

A permanent Mormon presence in West Virginia began with the creation of the West Virginia Conference

The first public high school for blacks, Sumner High, was established in Parkersburg.

The Ravenswood, Spencer, & Glenville Railroad was established.

A referendum confirmed Ripley as county seat of Jackson County

Anne Spence and mother moved to Bramwell

Telephone switchboards were installed at Martinsburg

A fire burned much of the Valley Falls area

Clarence W. Watson graduated from Fairmont State Normal School

James O. Watson and Aretas B. Fleming started the Montana mine

Henry Everett Engle copyrighted the music to "The West Virginia Hills"

Frank Reeves was born in Fairmont

Women prison inmates were moved from Alderson to the Pruntytown Correctional Center

St. Mary's Orthodox Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Wheeling College changed its name to Wheeling Jesuit College

The first computerized coating facility went into operation in the Follansbee steel mill

Congress designated part of the Gauley River and Meadow River as the Gauley River National Recreation Area

Willard Hotel in Grafton stood vacant

Bill Withers won a Grammy for "Lean on Me"

Arnout "Sonny" Hyde retired as editor of the Wonderful West Virginia

WSAZ radio in Huntington returned to local ownership

Ceredo had 1,675 residents

Charleston population fell to 53,421

Clay Foundation assets at $67 million

Reported 44 chapters of the state society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Northern Panhandle and southeastern part of the state had highest median ages

Eastern Panhandle and southwestern part of the state had lowest median ages

Doddridge population reached 7,403

Dunbar had a population of 8,154

Charleston ranked 167th out of 318 Metropolitan Statistical Areas

West Virginia's official poverty rate sat at 17.9%

Elizabeth's population was 994

Fairmont had population of 19,097

People 65+ represented 15.3% of population in West Virginia

Follansbee's population reported at 3,115

Forestlands of West Virginia reported at 78% of states' area

Franklin population reported at 797

Grafton population stood at 2,489

Population of Grant County rose to 11,299

Greenbrier County had a population of 34,453 people

Reported population of 32,667 in Hancock County

Hardy County reported a population of 12,669

Harpers Ferry was reported with a population of 307

Harrisville held a population of 1,842

The U.S. Census reported the state's population at 1,808,350

The population of Hurricane was reported at 5,222

Census reported 3,606 Indians living in West Virginia

Jackson County's population was 28,000

Ripley's population stood at 3,263

Ravenswood's population stood at 4,301

Kanawha County population was the largest in the state at 200,073

Kenova population remained the largest in Wayne County at 3,485

Keyser's population was 5,303

Keystone's population had fallen to 453

City of Logan population was 1,630

Logan County population reported at 37,710

Population of Madison was 2,677

Mannington population was 2,124

Reported 142,728 manufactured homes in West Virginia

West Virginia had the third-highest home-ownership rates in the U.S. at 75.2%

Marion County population stood at 56,598

Population of Marlinton was 1,204

Marshall County's population was 35,519

Martinsburg population was 75,905

The population of Mason county was 25,957

Census reported African-Americans were 11.9% of McDowell's population

Population of McDowell County was 27,329

West Virginia had the country's highest median age at 38.9 years

Mercer County population was 62,980

Reported 125,336 members of 1,341 United Methodist churches in West Virginia

Middlebourne's population was 870

Milton's population was 2,206

Monongalia County had a population of 81,866

Monroe county had a population of 14,583

Morgan County had a population of 14,943

Morgantown population was 26,809

Moundsville had a population of 9,978

Population of New Cumberland was 1,099

Nicholas County had a population of 26,562

Census reports 141,060 people living in the Northern Panhandle

Oak Hill population was 7,589

Population of Ohio County was 47,427

Eleven Orthodox Christian churches were listed in a church survey with 4,310 adherents

Paden City's population was 2,860

Parkersburg's population was 33,099

The population of Paw Paw was 524

Franklin had 797 residents

The population of Petersburg was 2,423

The population of Philippi was 2,870

Piedmont's population was 1,014

The population of Pineville was 715

The population of Pleasants County was 7,514

The population of Pocahontas County was 9,131

Richwood had a population of 2,477

Ritchie County's population was 10,343

Roane County population was 15,446

Reported 100,000 Catholics in West Virginia

Romney had a population of 1,940

The population of St. Albans was 11,567

St. Marys population was at 2,017

Reported 3,060 second homes in Pocahontas County

Shinnston's population was 2,295

South Charleston had a population of 13,390

Spencer had a population of 2,352

Sternwheel Regatta festivities were scaled back to an extended weekend

Hinton's population was 2,880

Summersville population was 3,294

Sutton had a population 1,011

Taylor County population was 16,089

Tucker County population was 7,321

Union had a population of 548

Upshur County population was 23,404

Vienna had a population of 10.861

Wayne had a population of 1,105

Wayne County population was 42, 903

Webster County population was 9,719

Webster Springs had a population of 808

Weirton population was 20,411

Welch population was 2,683

Wellsburg population was 2,891

West Union had a population of 806

Weston's population was 4,317

Westover had a population of 3,941

Wheeling population was 31,419

Population of White Sulphur Springs was 2,315

Williamson population was 3,414

Winfield population was 1,858

Wirt County had a population of 5,873

Wood County had a population of 87,986