George Clendenin

Thomas Lewis surveyed the famous Fairfax Line

George Fairfax accompanied the survey party that established the Fairfax line and placed the Fairfax Stone

Francis Asbury volunteered to come to America

Margaret Agnew Blennerhassett was born in England

John Yeager, George Strader and Simon Kenton camped near mouth of Elk River in what would become the city of Charleston

Charles Clendenin settled in the Greenbrier Valley

Harmon Greathouse arrived in present Hancock County

Jesse Hughes married Grace Tanner

William Crawford made a survey for Washington in the Jackson County area

Simon Kenton began hunting and trapping in the Kanawha Valley

St. George's Chapel was constructed in Jefferson County

Joseph, Samuel, and James Tomlinson established the first settlement at what is now Moundsville

Andrew Lewis marched a frontier army from Camp Union, present Lewisburg, to the Ohio River

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

Francis Asbury broke with the English Methodists established the Methodist Episcopal Church in America

Beverly became the first county seat of Randolph County

Construction began on the first courthouse in Clarksburg

George Clendenin purchased land from Judge Cuthbert Bullitt in Kanawha

James Caldwell patented 20,000 acres in Doddridge County

Virginia legislature chartered Randolph Academy in Clarksburg

The Kinnan family moved to Randolph County

St. Paul's in Aurora was established

Boaz Fleming led a part from Milford, Delaware, to present Fairmont

James Rumsey successfully demonstrated a steamboat on the Potomac River in Shepherdstown

James Rumsey tested the steamboat at Shepherdstown

James Swan moved to France

John Augustine Washington died

Rebecca Tomlinson Martin Williams and Isaac Williams permanently settled in Williamstown

Kanawha County was created

Virginia General Assembly designated 40-acres of George Clendenin's land, as Charlestown, later renamed Charleston

Franklin was officially established by the General Assembly

The town of Point Pleasant was chartered by the General Assembly

Harman Blennerhassett sold his property

Daniel Boone moved back to Kentucky

House now containing Brooke County's historical museum was built in Wellsburg

Buckongahelas signed the Treaty of Greenville

Bryan Fairfax became founding trustee of Charles Town Academy

Wilson Nicholas and Jacob Kenney sold their land to Robert Morris

Harman and Margaret Blennerhassett purchased Backus Island, now Blennerhassett Island

Thankful friends of Dick Pointer petitioned the Virginia Assembly for his freedom but were refused

Joseph Ruffner first visited his newly acquired land

William Strange was lost in the forests near Holly River

Joseph Tomlinson laid out a town called Elizabethtown

The massacre of the Bozarth family was the last Indian foray in Upshur County

The General Assembly incorporated the Spencer farm as a town

Lewis Wetzel moved to Louisiana Territory

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

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

Simon Kenton lost his wife in a fire

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