Seventh Day Baptists

Kentucky County became the state of Kentucky

Harman Blennerhassett inherited the family estate

Daniel Boone moved to Charleston

Joseph Doddridge became first minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Trans-Allegheny Virginia

Congress authorized the building of two national arsenals for the storage of arms

Benjamin Lewis settled in what became Mason County

Logan County was first settled

Bishop Asbury held sessions of the Greenbrier Conference at Rehoboth Church

Two of the Morris daughters were killed by the renegade Simon Girty

The Ohio Company went into demise

Sutton was settled by Adam O'Brien

The first hotel at Sweet Springs was built by William Lewis

White hunters began to settle in Tyler County

The first gristmill was built on Big Sandy Creek

Mad Anthony Wayne left the House of Representatives when his seat was declared vacant due to irregularities

U.S. raised small army with Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne in command

The West Virginia Association of Museums was organized

West Virginia had 69 bank holding companies and 134 subsidiaries

The Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge was established by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake was published in German

St. Francis Hospital was expanded

Michael Smith won the New Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards

There was a special legislative session on education

Melvin Lentz became wood chopping champion

Weirton population was at 22,124

Meredith Sue Willis wrote Blazing Pencils

Wood County was the third most populous county in the state

Medal of Honor recipient Cornelius Charlton’s remains were moved to American Legion cemetery in Beckley

Tim Armstead graduated from West Virginia University College of Law

John Chambers went to work for Cisco Systems