Sampson Sanders

Hardy County was formed from Hampshire County

City of Charles Town was established by Charles Washington

The lawsuit between Lord Fairfax and Joist Hite was finally settled

The U.S. started dividing the western territories into rectangular townships

Edward Keenan deeded five acres in Monroe County for the Rehoboth Church and burying grounds

Lewis and Christopher Tacket built a Fort in St. Albans

John Young constructed the Tackett's Fort

There were about 16 churches in present West Virginia

The Greenbrier Association of Baptists established

John Beckley wrote a Jefferson campaign biography

Ephraim and Anna Musick Hatfield moved their family from Russell County, Virginia to the Tug Valley

Jesse Hughes returned to West Virginia

John George Jackson married Mary Payne

The site of Jackson's Mill was first settled by Edward Jackson

Old State Road was opened to the Ohio River

Joseph Johnson traveled to Winchester, Virginia

George Gregg built a gristmill and sawmill on the Jug of Middle Island Creek

The Hatfields settled in Lincoln County

John Marshall was appointed secretary of state

The first whites settled in Mingo County as farmers

Newport was given a charter

Nicholas Harvey acquired the site of Red Sulpher Springs

John Bunnell built a cabin in Pennsboro

St. Albans was first settled as Coalsmouth

Permanent settlement on the Tug Fork began

Henry Jolley established a ferry across the Ohio River at Sistersville

Union was established by General Assembly to be county seat for Monroe County

Fort Gay was the first permanent settlement in Wayne County

The West Fork River was declared a navigable public highway

Isaac Williams was authorized to operate a ferry to carry traffic to the Ohio Shore

Barney McGraw planted the first apple orchard in the Little Kanawha Valley

James Wood left office as governor of Virginia

John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress

Patrick Gass was sent to Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory

Hamlin was first settled by David Stephenson

Mathias and Lydia Harman were the firsts whites to settle in McDowell County

The federal government proposed an all-weather road to connect eastern markets with the Ohio watershed

Charles Wells founded Wells Landing (now Sistersville)