Christopher Gist

Michel examined lands around junction of Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, present Harpers Ferry

Louis Michel and Baron Christopher de Graffenreid envisioned a settlement, the first known plans for settlement in present West Virginia; Michel and others established a temporary settlement at Harpers Ferry

The Lewis family emigrated to America

John Lewis settled near Staunton and built a fort

John Murrary, Lord Dunmore, was born

Lord Fairfax took control of the Fairfax lands after mother's death

William Fairfax ended his service as collector of customs in Boston

Joist Hite led party of 16 families into the lower Shenandoah Valley

George Washington was born

Fairfax lands boundary dispute settled in favor of Lord Fairfax in England

Expansive grants given to Ohio, Greenbrier and Loyal companies

Petersburg was first settled as Lunice Creek

"Mad Anthony" Wayne was born

Daniel Greathouse was born

Jesse Hughes was born near the Potomac South Branch

Mary Draper Ingles married William Ingles

Christopher Gist visited the Jackson County area

The Wilson-Woodrow-Mytinger House was built in Romney

There were 1,200 Shawnee living in villages along the Ohio river

George Washington bought land on the South Fork of Bullskin Creek, a Shenandoah River tributary, in present Jefferson County

Dr. Thomas Walker arrived in present Summers County

Thomas Walker led the first recorded expedition into Kentucky

Daniel Boone's family resettled in North Carolina

Peter Burr house constructed in present Jefferson County

John, Thomas, and Andrew Lewis camped in what is now Lewisburg while surverying the area, named the Lewis Spring

John and Andrew Lewis discovered Marlin and Sewell living in present Pocahontas County during their survey

Christopher Gist was the first European to record a visit in present Marshall County while exploring for the Ohio Company

Christopher Gist surveyed the Ohio Valley as far as the Kanawha River

Robert Dinwiddie became governor of colonial Virginia

Settlements in the Allegheny Mountains began

Records reveal schoolmasters employed in Romney and Greenbrier settlements

Frederick was divided into two counties

Governor Dinwiddie sent George Washington to upper Ohio to warn French out of Ohio Valley

Robert Files and David Tygart families first settled Beverly

Christopher Gist guided George Washington on his trip to warn the French away from English claimed land

Kyashuta accompanied George Washington on his mission to warn the French to withdraw from their forts in the Ohio Valley

Ulrich Conrad Sr. from Switzerland settled in Franklin

Andrew Culbertson settled near present Hinton

John Taylor was born

The Potomac River flooded

Mary Ingles was captured and held by Shawnees

Mary Draper Ingles was carried from Virginia into captivity in Ohio

Fort Ashby was built on John Sellers' farm

Settlers were killed by Indians along Patterson Creek

Evan Watkins farm began serving as outpost and depot for Virginia Regiment

John Hale's great-grandmother escaped from the Shawnees

Mary Draper Ingles was taken captive by the Shawnee

Killbuck left the settlers in South Branch Valley with the commencement of hostilities

Kyashuta replaced Half-King as the primary representative of the Six Nations

Revised versions of the Fry-Jefferson maps appeared

George Washington ordered a stockade and fort built in Mineral County

The massacre at Baughman's Fort on the Greenbrier River occurred killing a schoolmaster

The Senecas allied themselves with the French at the Battle of the Monongahela

All settlements in Summers County area were erased during the French & Indian War

Thomas Walker was at Braddock's defeat

George Washington became colonel of the Virginia Regiment

George Fairfax inherited Belvoir when dad died

Thomas Decker settled at Morgantown, first white settlement in Monogalia County

George Jackson was born

Later revisions of the Fry-Jefferson maps appeared

Cornstalk led raiders that killed a family in Virginia

Occasional Indian raids continued in Virginia

Frederick Ice established Ices Ferry on Monongahela River

England controlled key positions in North America

Edward Jackson was born