Harman Blennerhassett

Kentucky County became the state of Kentucky

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

Jesse Bennet married Elizabeth Hogg

Campbell mansion built at Bethany

William Cabell received a law degree from College of William and Mary

Edward Brake Jackson was born

Indian captive Mary Kinnan's letter arrived in New Jersey

Bishop Asbury again held sessions of the Greenbrier Conference at Rehoboth Church

George Steptoe Washington married Lucy Payne

Virginia chartered a company for the improvement of the West Fork River

Ebenezer Zane laid out the town of Wheeling

Wedding of Dolley Payne Todd and James Madison at Harewood

Jesse Bennet performed the first cesarean section in America

Wayne and army advanced into the Maumee Valley of Ohio

Battle of Fallen Timbers which defeated Ohio Valley Indians led to disuse of forts

Congress authorized the building of two armories for the manufacture of small arms

President George Washington received congressional approval to establish armories and arsenals throughout the nation

The Peter Tarr Furnace was established in present Hancock County, the first iron furnace west of the mountains

Blaker's Mill water-powered gristmill was constructed in Alderson

Kyashuta died in southwestern Pennsylvania

The Whiskey Rebellion occurred

The General Assembly of Virginia chartered the town of Point Pleasant

Joseph Ruffner purchased land from John Dickinson at Charleston

Dr. Joseph Spencer permanently settled Vienna

The Whiskey Rebellion ended

Daniel Boone moved back to Kentucky

House now containing Brooke County's historical museum was built in Wellsburg

Buckongahelas signed the Treaty of Greenville

George Clendenin moved to Ohio

Bryan Fairfax became founding trustee of Charles Town Academy

Wilson Nicholas and Jacob Kenney sold their land to Robert Morris

Harman and Margaret Blennerhassett purchased Backus Island, now Blennerhassett Island

Thankful friends of Dick Pointer petitioned the Virginia Assembly for his freedom but were refused

Joseph Ruffner first visited his newly acquired land

William Strange was lost in the forests near Holly River

Joseph Tomlinson laid out a town called Elizabethtown

The massacre of the Bozarth family was the last Indian foray in Upshur County

The General Assembly incorporated the Spencer farm as a town

Lewis Wetzel moved to Louisiana Territory

A visitor to Wheeling described Moses Shepherd's new building

The Shrewsburys settled in the landt present Belle

An industrial site was built at Harpers Ferry

Samuel Hanway established the Fock Forge on Deckers Creek near Morgantown

The Davis furnace was in operation in Monongalia County

Joseph Tomlinson laid out lots named Elizabethtown

John Myers married Catherin Everhart

Coal was discovered on the Pocatalico River

Shepherdstown was named after Thomas Shepherd

Robert Gorrell founded Middlebourne

Grimes Golden apple discovered on farm of Thomas Grimes, Fowlersville

Aaron Burr parlayed western sectional discontent into a military expedition into the southwest

Margaret Blennerhassett returned from Philadelphia with the smallpox vaccination

About 250 individuals or interlocking entities each owned at least 10,000 acres of land in Western Virginia

The Salt Sulphur Springs were discovered

Margaret Blennerhassett was forced to flee from her home after the Burr conspiracy

Felix Grundy was appointed to the Kentucky Supreme Court

The first schoolhouse was built in the Jackson County area

Lutheranism reached the Ohio River with the Roush family and Reverend Paul Henkel

John McLure relocated to Wheeling from Pennsylvania

Congress authorized construction of the National Road from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling

Wheeling was chartered as a town

Second meeting in Staunton was called

John Gallaher published The Ladies' Garland

The Old State Road ran from Lewisburg to Montgomery's ferry

Joseph Doddridge wrote Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars

Congress assigned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the responsibility of maintaining year-round navigation on America's inland rivers

Flood waters severely damaged the lock and dam systems on the West Fork

A private Virginia company upgraded the Midland Trail into the James River & Kanawha Turnpike

Anne Royall lost her inheritance to relatives and was refused pension as widow of Revolutionary War veteran

John Taylor died