Fort Henry

William Crawford directed the construction of Fort Fincastle (Fort Henry)

Ferdinando Fairfax was born in Virginia

Isaac Cox transferred his land to John Decker

Hurricane Creek received its name by a group of surveyors

William Morris and others settled at Cedar Grove in Kanawha County

Simon Kenton served as a frontier scout in the Muskingum War

The county jail of Martinsburg was completed

Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) was born

Paint Creek was named

Pricketts Fort was built at the confluence of Pricketts Creek and the Monongahela River by Capt. Jacob Prickett

The Lewis Trail became an early route over Sewell Mountain

The Boggs family settled near Wheeling

Union was settled by James Alexander

Thomas Walker was appointed commissioner of Indian affairs

Thomas Walker was a member of the Revolutionary Conventions

The Ohio River flooded

Arbuckle's Fort was occupied by another militia company

Settlers reported hearing gunshots near Arbuckle's Fort

Hampshire County encompassed 2,800 miles

Isaac Ballengee received a land grant in the area of Hinton

James Conner made extensive exploration of the area of Hurricane after receiving land grants from Virginia

Ulrich Conrad's son inherited the McCoy's mill before handing it off the William McCoy

The Seneca allied themselves with the British

The Graham house was attacked by Shawnee raiders from the Ohio Valley

Swiss Immigrant David Boudon became an artist in Wheeling

Buckhannon was established

Western representatives called for a constitutional convention

John George Jackson was a promoter of the Staunton Convention

Dr. James Putney was born in Malden

The Staunton Convention failed to meet western demands

Middlebourne became the county seat of Tyler County

Noah Ludlow bought a 25-foot flatboat

The General Assembly passed an act to establish an Internal Improvement Fund and Board of Public Works

Charlestown became Wellsburg