Andrew Lewis

Cornstalk was born

Elizabeth Cummins Jackson was born

Daniel McGill organized Presbyterians into a "church order" at "Potomoke" near Shepherdstown

John Lewis settled near Staunton and built a fort

John Murrary, Lord Dunmore, was born

Lord Fairfax took control of the Fairfax lands after mother's death

William Fairfax ended his service as collector of customs in Boston

Joist Hite led party of 16 families into the lower Shenandoah Valley

A fire destroyed Christopher Gist's storehouse of furs, leaving him poor

George Washington was born

Daniel Boone's family resettled in North Carolina

Peter Burr house constructed in present Jefferson County

John and Andrew Lewis discovered Marlin and Sewell living in present Pocahontas County during their survey

Christopher Gist made a second expedition for the Ohio Company

Christopher Gist was the first European to record a visit in present Marshall County while exploring for the Ohio Company

Christopher Gist surveyed the Ohio Valley as far as the Kanawha River

Robert Dinwiddie became governor of colonial Virginia

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

The French and Indian War began in America

Daniel Boone served as teamster on Braddock campaign during French & Indian War

William Crawford was militia soldier under Gen. Edward Braddock

Zackquill Morgan fought in Braddock's Expedition

George Washington helped save British Forces from complete destruction at the defeat of General Braddock

Treaty of Hard Labor, Cherokees gave up claims to land in western Augusta

Captain Bull and his party released after being captured

Cherokees relinquished claim to land south of the Kanawha River in Treaty of Hard Labor

First Fort Stanwix treaty negotiated when Sir William Johnson met with 3,500 Indians representing the Six Nations of the Iroquois, with representatives present from the governments of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

The Treaties of Hard Labor and Fort Stanwix were signed with the Cherokee and Iroquois

Colonel Zackquill Morgan settled in Monongalia County

Iroquois leaders denied the Treaty of Lancaster and resold the land at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix

The Pringle brothers left their tree home

Iroquois disposed territory in sales to colonial government

John Simpson was the first white person to settle in Taylor County

Englishmen and British Americans unsuccessfully attempted the Vandalia Colony

English Secretary of State for the Colonies authorized renegotiation of colonies’ western boundary with the Indians

Capt. Arbuckle's troops join Gen. Lewis's march to Point Pleasant

George Clendenin accompanied Col. Andrew Lewis to Point Pleasant

Samuel Washington died