Management at Sweet Springs opened a new hostelry
Gordon Battelle received a B.A. from Marietta Collegiate Institute (Marietta College)
John Carlile was admitted to the bar
Castlerock community began
90 furnaces produced a million bushels of salt annually
Eli Moore graduated from Jefferson College
William Howe given patent for the Howe truss system
G. W. Hammond demolished Ferdinando Fairfax's plantation, Shannon Hill, and built the present dwelling in Jefferson County
Fayette County's first census recorded 3,924 residents
Two communion cups from this year are among the antiques of the Forks-of-Cheat Baptist Church
John Hale moved to the Kanawha Valley
Mill Island was built as a private house
John H. Hall invented the first working interchangeable firearms manufacturing system for breechloading rifle at Hall's Rifle Works
Chester Hubbard graduated as valedictorian from Wesleyan University of Connecticut
The first church was built in the Jackson County area
Jackson County's population was 4,890
Construction of the James River & Kanawha Canal was completed between Richmond and Lynchburg
Joseph Lightburn moved to Lewis County
Kanawha Salines Presbyterian Church was constructed
Mifflin Marsh began selling stogies to steamboat crews and passengers for four for a penny
John Chapman erected the first house in New Cumberland
All bridges on the Northwestern Virginia Turnpike were completed
William P. Rathbone and his sons purchased 12,000 acres at Burning Springs Run in Wirt County.
Census provided numerical proof that the white population of the Trans-Allegheny exceeded that of the rest of the state
Benjamin Stickley was licensed as a United Brethren evangelist
German members of the United Brethren in Baltimore migrated to Braxton County
The Rathbones purchased land at Burning Springs
Female Academy in Union (Monroe County) started
Locust Hill was built by Lucy Elizabeth Washington
