Simon Kenton

William Crawford directed the construction of Fort Fincastle (Fort Henry)

Ferdinando Fairfax was born in Virginia

Isaac Cox transferred his land to John Decker

Fort Henry at Wheeling was constructed

Hurricane Creek received its name by a group of surveyors

William Morris and others settled at Cedar Grove in Kanawha County

The county jail of Martinsburg was completed

Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) was born

Paint Creek was named

Pricketts Fort was built at the confluence of Pricketts Creek and the Monongahela River by Capt. Jacob Prickett

The Lewis Trail became an early route over Sewell Mountain

The Boggs family settled near Wheeling

Union was settled by James Alexander

Thomas Walker was appointed commissioner of Indian affairs

Thomas Walker was a member of the Revolutionary Conventions

The Ohio River flooded

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

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

The William Little family settled Littleton

Wheeling became the county seat of Ohio County

Oceana was established

Blakeley was constructed by John A. Washington II

Bushrod Corbin Washington built Claymont Court

Reported 53 slaves lived and worked at Green Bottom

Population of Greenbrier County was 7,340 inhabitants

John H. Hall began working on interchangeable parts for breechloading rifle at Hall's Rifle Works

Virginia authorized the James River Company to undertake canal project

Steamboats became reliable enough to negotiate the shoals in the Kanawha River

Steamboats became reliable enough to negotiate the shoals in the Kanawha

The population of Mason County was 4,868

The Union Academy of Monroe County was established to teach a classical education

The Western Star began in Weston

The Kanawha Spectator was founded in Charleston

Wilson Cary Nicholas died

The North House was built by John A. North in Lewisburg

Settlement in Oak Hill began

A stone bathing house was built at Salt Sulphur Springs

The Shannondale Springs resort opened

Summersville was established

A brick courthouse for Monroe County was built