Northwestern Virginia Railroad

Philip Pendleton Kennedy wrote an account of his visit to the Blackwater area, Blackwater Chronicle

"Winchester" span of Harpers Ferry bridge was constructed to carry Winchester & Potomac Railroad

Wills De Hass published History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia

Daniel Farnsworth became one of early magistrates in new Upshur County

Morris Harvey served as county jailer

John Jay Jackson Jr. began serving the General Assembly of Virginia as a Whig

Stonewall Jackson left the army to teach at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington

Canal construction on the James River was extended to Buchanan

City of Harpers Ferry was established

Benjamin Kelley became freight agent for the B&O Railroad

Joseph Lightburn left the army at rank of sergeant

Wills De Hass wrote History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia

Mountain Cove Spiritualist Community was founded by James L. Scott

William S. Miller planted his first orchard in Gerrardstown

George Summers was the Whig candidate for the first popularly elected governor of Virginia

Virginius Island was absorbed into the corporate boundaries of Harpers Ferry

Bushrod Corbin Washington died

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

Francis Pierpont helped found the Fairmont Male and Female Seminary.

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