Blue Sulphur Springs

Merchants and Mechanics Bank in Wheeling incorporated

Craik-Patton House constructed in Charleston

William Howells left Wheeling

Top Mill was established in Wheeling by Pittsburgh ironmasters

Daniel Lamb became secretary and treasurer of the Wheeling Savings Institution

Samuel Price was elected to the House of Delegates from Fayette and Nicholas counties

Old Main campus construction began at Bethany College

John Brown met in Chatham, Ontario, with supporters to plan for armed insurrection of slaves

Martin Delany aided John Brown in convening the Chatham Convention

Henry Gassaway Davis left the B&O

Delta Tau Delta was founded at Bethany College

Weston College was chartered

Marshall College was established from Marshall Academy

George Imboden was admitted to the bar

Other mills were destroyed by floods on the Jug of the Middle Island Creek

Margery Lewis Kenna moved her family to Missouri after the shooting of her husband

General Assembly amended the act of incorporation

Presbyterians established the Woodburn Female Seminary in Morgantown

Z. D. Ramsdell relocated to Ceredo.

The second courthouse at Ripley was built

Robert Simmons had fathered nine children

Spencer was chartered

The Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike opened

McDowell County seat was at Perryville

Weston was chosen for the site of Virginia's third mental hospital

Construction began on Weston State Hospital

Psi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi was established

Archibald Campbell's paper The Intelligencer only paper in Virginia to endorse Abraham Lincoln's presidency

Archibald Campbell's paper The Intelligencer was the only paper in Virginia to endorse Abraham Lincoln's presidency

25 independent coal companies were organized

Bethany College was the only institution of higher education in Western Virginia

Stephen Elkins graduated from University of Missouri

Daniel Farnsworth was elected to abortive term in House of Delegates of General Assembly

Fayette County population at 5,997

Another German newspaper was established in Wheeling

John Hale became the owner of a large salt works

Hancock County reported only 2 slaves in population of 4,445

First railroad in Hancock County received its charter

Nancy Hart and family moved to Roane County

Morris Harvey left his service as Fayette County sheriff

The Ices Ferry Ironworks closed due to lack of adequate transportation and the depletion of iron ore and fuel resources

Reported 28 charcoal iron furnaces had been constructed in West Virginia

Reported four Wheeling ironworks produced cut nails

John Jacob left the University of Missouri to study and practice law

Four short stone piers were placed under Jefferson Rock to stabilize it

Joseph Johnson served as a member of the electoral college

George Latham opened his practice in Grafton

McDowell County had a population of 1,533

The Monongalia Academy, Morgantown Female Academy and Woodburn Female Seminary educated white students

Summersville was incorporated

The Rathbone Well, West Virginia's first major oil well, was drilled.

Reported 174 baptisms at St. John's Chapel, Monroe County

Rezin Davis Shepherd built a building for Shepherdstown's use

Traveller took top prizes at the Lewisburg fair

Census counted 1,428 residents in Tucker County

Virginia chartered six new western turnpikes

Webster County population was 1,555

The first permanent settler of Webster Springs was Polly Arthur

Wheeling had 14,083 people

Samuel D. Karnes leased an acre from the Rathbones

Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan removed Averell from command for performance during Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Old Virginia banks transformed into national banks under federal banking legislation

First National Bank of Parkersburg became first national bank in West Virginia

Arthur Boreman married Laurane Tanner Bullock

Alexander Boteler's house burned on orders of Union Gen. David Hunter

Belle Boyd married Samuel Wylde Hardinge Jr.

Nathan Brackett graduated from Dartmouth College

Battle of Summit Point

Battle of Charles Town

John Dickinson was captured and kept prisoner at Fort Delaware

Joseph Diss Debar began serving in the legislature from Doddridge County

Joseph Diss Debar was named the first West Virginia commissioner of immigration

Construction of the Easton Roller Mill began

Allegheny College was burned by Union troops

William Ryland White was named first state superintendent of free schools

Stephen Elkins was admitted to the Missouri bar

Fort Moore was built for Capt. W. T. Wiant's home guards

Natural gas was used to produce carbon black for printing ink

John Imboden contracted typhoid fever and was relieved of command

Jacob Jackson returned to Parkersburg

Mudwall Jackson was promoted to brigadier general to command the forces at the Battle of Droop Mountain

The Logan Wildcats were active in the Shenandoah Valley campaign

The Richardson's map was the first map of the new state of West Virginia

The Morgantown Weekly Post was established by Henry M. Morgan and Nimrod Nelson Hoffman

Governor Boreman ordered convicted felons in West Virginia be imprisoned in the Ohio County Jail

Bazel Childers developed a system for fracturing the oil bearing rock to increase production.

Henry Ragland was captured by Union troops near Lurray, Virginia.

The first newspaper in Ripley, the Jackson Democrat was established

Volcano became an oil boom town

The Volcanic Oil & Gas Company was formed

Kellian Whaley was a delegate to the Republican National Convention

Laura Jackson Arnold wrote to Abraham Lincoln strongly expressing her support of the Union