Lydia Boggs Shepherd

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

Ferdinando Fairfax was born in Virginia

Isaac Cox transferred his land to John Decker

Fort Henry at Wheeling was constructed

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

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

Virginia Assembly decreed 40 acre tract to create Lewisburg

A Shawnee raid in Russell County widowed and kidnapped Anna Musick

Samuel McColloch was killed in another Indian ambush

William Miller was born

Bush's Fort was destroyed by Indians

Thomas Walker served in the House of Delegates

Mad Anthony Wayne served against the Creeks and Cherokees

Webster Springs were discovered by John Acquirer and John Miller

John Augustine Washington II died, leaving Blakeley to John A. Washington III

Allen Taylor Caperton married Harriet Echols

Claude Crozet ended his service in Virginia

Shrewsbury and Dickinson established the John Q. Dickinson salt furnace in Malden

Charles Faulkner spoke publicly for the gradual elimination of slavery

Wardensville was chartered in Hardy County

Harrisville was chartered

A fire destroyed most of the original interior wood trim of Holly Grove

Capon Iron Works was built by James Sterrett

The James River & Kanawha Turnpike was completed to the Ohio River

A branch of the Bank of Virginia was chartered in the Kanawha Valley

Charles James Faulkner gave his account of the boundary dispute between Maryland and Virginia

The first Mormon missionaries entered Cabell County

Moundsville was established on land by Simeon Purdy

The first courthouse at Ripley was built

The first post office in Ripley opened

James "Bad Jim" Vance was born

Jacob Van Meter of Hardy County abandoned the vernacular tradition house with his house in the Greek Revival style

John Augustine Washington died

William Wirt was a presidential candidate of the Anti-Masonic Party

Alfred Beckley was appointed a militia general

The Buffalo Academy was founded

Alexander Campbell elected president of the American Christian Missionary Society

Baltimore investors built Mountain House at Capon Springs

First national convention of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination

General Assembly authorized development of plans for improvements to make Coal River more navigable

John Gallaher was named auditor for the U.S. Treasury by President Zachary Taylor

Guyandotte was officially incorporated

City of New Cumberland received its charter from Virginia

Frank Hereford moved to California where he practiced law

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

Cummins Jackson died in California

John Jacob obtained a B.A. from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

The first Jewish community established a religious congregation in Wheeling

William C. Kelly was born

Construction on the B&O line Kingwood Tunnel began

George Latham moved to Taylor County

The Guyandotte Navigation Company was incorporated by the state of Virginia

The National Hotel was built in Martinsburg

Randolph McCoy married his cousin Sarah McCoy

Alexander Creel bought back land he had previously sold and established the city of St. Marys

Samuel Price was reelected to the House of Delegates.

William Miller died

Patrick Donahue was born

The Wheeling tannery was founded by John G. Hoffman

Work began on the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike

Wheeling had free public schools

Winfield was laid out

A brick courthouse was completed at Winfield