George Washington

The Lewis family emigrated to America

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

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

William Crawford was militia soldier under Gen. Edward Braddock

Andrew Lewis accompanied Braddock's expedition to Fort Duquesne

Zackquill Morgan fought in Braddock's Expedition

Mary Ingles was captured and held by Shawnees

Mary Draper Ingles was carried from Virginia into captivity in Ohio

Fort Ashby was built on John Sellers' farm

Settlers were killed by Indians along Patterson Creek

Evan Watkins farm began serving as outpost and depot for Virginia Regiment

Christopher Gist served as scout for the Virginia military commanded by Washington

John Hale's great-grandmother escaped from the Shawnees

Mary Draper Ingles was taken captive by the Shawnee

Killbuck left the settlers in South Branch Valley with the commencement of hostilities

Kyashuta replaced Half-King as the primary representative of the Six Nations

Revised versions of the Fry-Jefferson maps appeared

George Washington ordered a stockade and fort built in Mineral County

The massacre at Baughman's Fort on the Greenbrier River occurred killing a schoolmaster

The Senecas allied themselves with the French at the Battle of the Monongahela

All settlements in Summers County area were erased during the French & Indian War

Thomas Walker was at Braddock's defeat

Fort Pitt named

Fort rebuilt at the site of Fort Seybert after the massacre

Fort Stanwix was completed

Families returned to the area after French defeated in upper Ohio Valley

Gen John Forbes captured the Forks of the Ohio and built Fort Pitt at present Pittsburgh

William Crawford was militia soldier under Gen. John Forbes

Zackquill Morgan fought in Forbes's Expedition

Three Cherokee leaders, including Ostenaco, operated a pincer campaign against Fort Duquesne

George Washington died owning over 60,000 acres of land in Western Virginia