1,500 slaves owned by salt barons or rented from owners worked in the Kanawha County salt works
Lemuel Chenoweth had finished many bridges on Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
Wills De Hass transferred the Grave Creek tablet and skull to the Smithsonian
Martin Delany finished medical school at Harvard Medical College
Fugitive Slave Act was passed
Western Virginia had 1,300 primary schools
The first courthouse was completed in Glenville
The First Baptist Church was organized in Greenville
Census reported three slaves in Hancock County
Nancy Hart and family were living in Boone County
The Virginia Constitutional Convention made changes that addressed the political sources of western discontent
Alexander Campbell supported the Fugitive Slave Law but felt runaway slaves should be provided food, shelter and clothing
The Paw Paw Tunnel opened on the C&O Canal
Reported number of slaves in Jefferson County was 3,960, 27% of the population
Mother Jones and family arrived in Boston
The new edition of A History of the Valley of Virginia was published
Malden had several hotels, a bank and saloons
Trustees offered Marshall Univ. to the Western Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
A reported 21 weeklies and 3 dailies were published in English or German in West Virginia
The C&O Canal was built to Cumberland
There were 200 residents at Federal Hill
Henry Ruffner stopped participating in the emancipation movement in Louisville
The last bridges were made on the Staunton Turnpike
George Summers was a member of the Constitutional Convention
A large seam of bituminous coal was found on Paint Creek
Parts of Fayette County were taken to create Raleigh County
The Beall-Air Mansion was built by Lewis William Washington
Wheeling had a hospital
Waitman Willey was a delegate to the VirginiaConstitutional Convention
West Virginia had 20,527 slaves
