Augusta County, Virginia

The Lewis family emigrated to America

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

A fire destroyed Christopher Gist's storehouse of furs, leaving him poor

George Washington was born

Frederick County,Virginia, was created

Alexander Clendenin was born in Augusta County

Hampshire County was created

William Fairfax commanded the Alexandria volunteers against the French and Indians in the Shenandoah valley

Kyashuta directed war efforts against the settlers during the French & Indian War

The Loyal Company had settled about 200 families on its lands

Thomas Walker began serving as commissary general in the French & Indian War

Fort rebuilt at the site of Fort Seybert after the massacre

Fort Stanwix was completed

Families returned to the area after French defeated in upper Ohio Valley

Gen John Forbes captured the Forks of the Ohio and built Fort Pitt at present Pittsburgh

William Crawford was militia soldier under Gen. John Forbes

Zackquill Morgan fought in Forbes's Expedition

George Washington returned to Mount Vernon for a planter's life

Three Cherokee leaders, including Ostenaco, operated a pincer campaign against Fort Duquesne

Captain Bull and his party released after being captured

Cherokees relinquished claim to land south of the Kanawha River in Treaty of Hard Labor

First Fort Stanwix treaty negotiated when Sir William Johnson met with 3,500 Indians representing the Six Nations of the Iroquois, with representatives present from the governments of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

The Treaties of Hard Labor and Fort Stanwix were signed with the Cherokee and Iroquois

Colonel Zackquill Morgan settled in Monongalia County

Iroquois leaders denied the Treaty of Lancaster and resold the land at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix

Andrew Lewis helped negotiate the Treaty of Fort Stanwix

The Pringle brothers left their tree home

Iroquois disposed territory in sales to colonial government

John Simpson was the first white person to settle in Taylor County

Englishmen and British Americans unsuccessfully attempted the Vandalia Colony

English Secretary of State for the Colonies authorized renegotiation of colonies’ western boundary with the Indians

Matthew Arbuckle's first post was gentleman justice of Botetourt County

John Beckley was sent to Virginia

Colonists began returning to the Greenbrier Valley.

Families descended the rivers and settled in the bottomlands of the Ohio

Waves of pioneers began to sweep into the upper Ohio, Monongahela, Greenbrier and Kanawha valleys

The first white people settled in present Lewis County

The first white settlers in Marshall County were John Wetzel and his family

The Zane brothers were the first white men to settle in present Ohio County

The Pringle brothers led a small group of settlers back to the Buckhannon Valley to begin a permanent settlement there.

John Stuart was a surveyor in the expedition to establish a permanent settlement in Greenbrier

Adam Stroud settled in present Webster County as the first white settler

Francis Asbury is part of the Methodist movement in England

John Corbly settled in the Morgantown area

John Sutton formed the Simpson Creek Baptist Church in Harrison County

Adam Stephen purchased 255 acres of land in present Berkeley County and laid out Martinsburg

Lord Dunmore was appointed governor of New York

William Stewart came from Ireland to the Forks of Cheat in present Monongalia County

Col. George Washington and Dr. James Craik claimed land in the Ohio watershed on their canoe trip

Killbuck died at the Delaware village in present Coshocton, Ohio

While hunting, Kyashuta encounters George Washington on his canoe trip

The upper watershed of the Little Kanawha was explored by John Hacker

Chief Logan moved his family to the Ohio Valley

George Washington surveyed Ohio River bottomlands from Point Pleasant to Letart

Samuel McColloch emigrated from the South Branch of the Potomac to Wheeling

A survey party led by George Washington visited the present Point Pleasant area in Mason County

George Washington surveyed the present Ravenswood area in Jackson County and later acquired 2,448 acres there

Jesse Hughes became the first European to enter Roane County

John Stuart built the first mill in Greenbrier County

Joseph Tomlinson and brother Samuel Tomlinson settled in the Ohio Valley frontier

The Treaty of Lochaber secured for Britain any lands in the Western Virginia region not covered by the Treaty of Hard Labor

George Washington wrote the first written accounts of the forests of present West Virginia

A permanent settlement was made in the Buckhannon Valley

A log house was built by James Byrnside in Union

Samuel Washington built his house Harewood in present Jefferson County

Virginia seized property belonging to British subjects in the state excluding Fairfax

General Assembly passed a land law that recognized the rights of original settlers

Berkeley County Courthouse in Martinsburg was completed

The Ohio County courthouse was completed in West Liberty

Francis Asbury named the first superintendent of American Methodists

George Washington visited the Cheat River

People settled in Monongalia County and Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War

Clarksburg became the county seat of the new Harrison County

Fort Harmar was established in Marietta, Ohio, as a frontier fort

George Washington exploratory trip into the Ohio Valley encouraged the James River Company

The Rehoboth Methodist Church was established in Monroe County

William Haymond surveyed streets and lots in Morgantown

George Washington visited Zackquill Morgan to discuss possible locations of roads

Yohogania County was dissolved when the Virginia-Pennsylvania border dispute was settled

George Washington and others formed the Potowmack Company

Senecas began allying themselves with the Shawnee

The Mason-Dixon line survey was completed

Governor Benjamin Harrison granted land to Washington in present Dunbar and St. Albans, and also in present Marshall County

Daniel Boone represented Kanawha County in General Assembly

Daniel Boone represented Kanawha County in the Virginia General Assembly

General Arthur St. Clair led a disastrous foray into the Ohio country

The Old State Road was improved to the head of navigable water on the Kanawha River

Indian Raids in Monongalia County finally ended

Henry Morris moved to Nicholas County and built a cabin

The Shawnees defeated armies sent against their villages

Mad Anthony Wayne represented Georgia in the House of Representatives

Charles Prather petitioned Ohio County to incorporate Charlestown, now Wellsburg

The Whiskey Rebellion began

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

The Salem Seventh Day Baptist Church was founded in West Virginia

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