John B. Floyd

General Assembly authorized each county to establish district school system with limited state aid

Monroe County opened free school at Sinks Grove

Alexander Clendenin died

Charles Faulkner married Mary W. Boyd

Felix Grundy was appointed to the U.S. Senate

The South Branch Intelligencer was founded

The Virginia Constitutional Convention failed to meet western demands

The Eclectic Observer was founded in Wheeling

Jesse Hughes died at Turkey Run

Completion of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike to the Ohio River was authorized by the General Assembly

Robert E. Lee graduated second in his class from West Point

William Fletcher received 20 acres of land in Welch

The state of Virginia began blasting and excavating shoals in the Kanawha River including the Red House shoal.

Phillip R. Thompson laid out the town of Phillipi

James Stephenson married Agnes Miller Boreman

"Ruffner Pamphlet" published in Kanawha County

Gordon Battelle was ordained a Methodist minister

John Carlile was elected to the Virginia Senate

William Edwards was admitted to the New York bar

William Edwards published A Voyage on the River Amazon

The Presbyterian Church was organized in Greenville

The Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike was completed

Cummins Jackson left Jackson's Mill to search for gold in CA

Joseph Johnson was elected again to the House of Delegates

Citizens of Parkersburg, Elizabeth, and Glenville organized the Little Kanawha Navigation Company

Alexander Martin graduated from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania

Mining began in West Columbia, Mason County

Large flood occurred on the Ohio River

The Staunton to Parkersburg Turnpike was completed

Pocahontas County was formed

A group of Dutch immigrants arrived in Pocahontas County

Samuel Price was again elected to the Virginia legislature as a Whig from Greenbrier Count.

Henry Ruffner published the Address to the People of West Virginia anti-slavery pamphlet

The first Stone & Thomas Department Store opened in Wheeling

The first permanent United Brethren church was built in Sand Hill

The Buckhannon Male and Female Academy was established

A grist mill was built at Valley Falls by Bradshaw and William Whitescarver

Charles Ellet Jr. secured contracts for the Wheeling and Niagara Falls suspension bridges

Two Dutch families settled near the headwaters of the Williams River

Two turnpikes were completed in Wood County

Report of Salt Rock petroglyphs included in Smithsonian Institution's "Contributions to Knowledge"

Bids authorized on the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike

Rebecca Davis graduated from the Washington (Pennsylvania) Female Seminary

William Eagle died

First county and circuit courts of Wirt County met in "Old Red Brick"

The Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike was completed

German immigration increased from desire to escape persecution during European Revolutions

The first German newspaper was established in Wheeling

The Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike was completed

Joseph H. Gill surveyed the Guyandotte River from its mouth to Gilbert Creek

The Ellicott Brothers business failed

C. P. Huntington went to California with the gold rush to sell supplies to miners

A Catholic Church was established at Sand Fork

John Jay Jackson Jr. served as prosecuting attorney of Wirt County

Daniel Lamb became the cashier of the Northwestern Bank of Virginia at Wheeling

A single lock and dam was built on the Elk River

Ephraim Squier and Edwin Davis published Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley

Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy was founded

Francis Pierpont began an association with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

A massive fire and flood doomed Creel's village to an early death

Samuel Price was reelected to the House of Delegates

Bancroft was settled

Henry Ruffner resigned as president of Washington College (Washington and Lee University)

James Stephenson left the House of Delegates

Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. died

Cabell, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties provided infantry regiments for service in the Mexican-American War

The town of Ceredo founded by Northern abolitionist, Eli Thayer

B&O Railroad improved transportation in Harrison County

The Northwestern Virginia Railroad opened from Grafton to Parkersburg

Albert Jenkins became a U.S. Congressman

Henry Mathews began practicing law in Lewisburg

John McCausland graduated from Virginia Military Institute

The Northwestern Virginia Railroad built a station where Oil Spring Run flows into Goose Creek

The Ceredo Crescent was established

George Summers and wife purchased the Glenwood estate in Charleston

A large building and five cottages were built at Sweet Springs

Traveller was born

The Virginia Conference approved he creation of the United Brethren Parkersburg Conference

Peter Van Winkle served as the president of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad

Academy Hall was built for West Liberty

The Gauley Bridge opened for traffic

The old Grafton House was built

Decision for Virginia secession was to be ratified

A majority of Virginia voters approved the Ordinance of Secession

Confederate infantry ambushed Union troops in the Battle of Pigeon Roost.

Battle of Pigeon's Roost resulted in the burning of the Mercer county seat, Princeton

Two-day engagement began between Averell and Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones at Rocky Gap

The Battle of White Sulphur Springs occurred