Francis Harrison Pierpont

There were four associations of Baptist churches in West Virginia

Alfred Beckley gained a clear title to 56,679 acres in Raleigh County

William Jenkins built the Green Bottom mansion

The Greenbrier County courthouse was built in Lewisburg

William Barton Roger conducted a geological survey of Virginia

The James River Company reorganized as a stock company

The McCoy mill was acquired by the nephew of Gen. William McCoy, William McCoy

John Myers is believed to have died

There were 15 sawmills in West Virginia

Johann Ludwig established the J. L. Stifel & Sons textile manufacturing

Settlers found the skeletons of William Strange and his dog undisturbed under a sycamore tree

The village of Suttonville (present Sutton) was laid out

The Bower cabin was built

The Universalist Meeting House in Marshall County was built

D.C. Topping established the Virginia Mission in Cabell County of the United Brethren

Peter Van Winkle moved to Parkersburg

Richard Whelan left Mount St. Mary's

Laura Jackson was sent to live with her uncle near Parkersburg

Report of Salt Rock petroglyphs included in Smithsonian Institution's "Contributions to Knowledge"

Bids authorized on the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike

Rebecca Davis graduated from the Washington (Pennsylvania) Female Seminary

William Eagle died

First county and circuit courts of Wirt County met in "Old Red Brick"

The Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike was completed

John Floyd was elected governor

German immigration increased from desire to escape persecution during European Revolutions

The first German newspaper was established in Wheeling

The Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike was completed

Joseph H. Gill surveyed the Guyandotte River from its mouth to Gilbert Creek

The Ellicott Brothers business failed

C. P. Huntington went to California with the gold rush to sell supplies to miners

A Catholic Church was established at Sand Fork

John Jay Jackson Jr. served as prosecuting attorney of Wirt County

Daniel Lamb became the cashier of the Northwestern Bank of Virginia at Wheeling

A single lock and dam was built on the Elk River

Ephraim Squier and Edwin Davis published Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley

Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy was founded

A massive fire and flood doomed Creel's village to an early death

Samuel Price was reelected to the House of Delegates

Bancroft was settled

Henry Ruffner resigned as president of Washington College (Washington and Lee University)

James Stephenson left the House of Delegates

Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. died

Cabell, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties provided infantry regiments for service in the Mexican-American War

Griffithsville was established

Mannington was named for Charles F. Manning

A covered bridge was built across the river in present Marlinton

Bechalani, an immigrant, may have lived in Wheeling at this time

Two additional dams were built on the Monongahela River

John Esten Cook wrote Leather Stocking and Silk or Hunter John Myers and His Times

William Rosecrans left position of lieutenant of engineers

The first school was built in the St. Joseph Settlement

David Hunter Strother first visited the Sinks of Gandy

The B&O leased the Northwestern Virginia Railroad

A troupe presented "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at The Atheneum

Belle Boyd was sent to Mount Washington School in Baltimore

Archibald Campbell moved to Wheeling

William Edwards erected the first cannel coal oil works

Thomas English moved from Logan County to Tazewell, Virginia

Glenville was incorporated

Grafton was chartered

Hamilton Hatter was born in Jefferson County

Andrew Gardner Jackson was born

George Smith Patton moved to Charleston and organized the Kanawha Riflemen

Daniel Lucas graduated from University of Virginia

Mannington was chartered as a town by the Virginia legislature

The city of Mason was incorporated

Henry Mathews graduated from University of Virginia

The Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy moved to a new building

Oglebay Park Mansion Museum property was purchased by George W. Smith

Piedmont was chartered

A B&O station was located at Cairo

The Walton post office moved to Droddyville

The first church was built in the St. Joseph Settlement

William Stevenson was elected a member of the Pennsylvania legislature

Ralph Swinburn was ordained a Baptist minister

Wheeling Hospital moved to the Michael Sweeney Mansion

The Intelligencer was acquired by Archibald Campbell

Francis H. Pierpont was elected governor of the Reorganized Government of Virginia

Delegates to the Second Wheeling Convention elected Francis H. Pierpont as the governor of Virginia