Joseph Tomlinson

Francis Asbury is part of the Methodist movement in England

Botetourt County formed from southern half of Augusta

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

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

The massacre of Captain Bull's band of Delaware Indians by frontiersmen at Bulltown Historic Area

Murder of Adam Stroud's family

Raid on Bull's village

Earliest white settlement made by Dunkards near Kingwood

William Crawford surveyed and registered land in present West Virginia for George Washington

Lord Dunmore was named governor of Virginia

Isaac Cox built a log house in the Follansbee area

The Tygart Valley was resettled

Horatio Gates returned to America

The John Wetzel family settled along Wheeling Creek in the Northern Panhandle

Wilson-Woodrow-Mytinger House was built in Romney

Nutter's Fort was built on Elk Creek in Harrison County

Jesse Hughes discovered a major tributary to the Little Kanawha River

Wellsburg was settled

Settlers had claimed most of the prime valley lands in Randolph County.

The first white explored the Wirt County area

Western Land was offered in payment to Revolutionary War veterans

William Haymond surveyed streets and lots

Zackquill Morgan became the proprietor of an "ordinary" (Tavern or inn)

Zackquill Morgan had Morgantown surveyed on his land

The recorded owner of Organ cave was John Gardner

John McCue planted churches in Lewisburg, Union, and Spring Creek.

The British accepted Virginia's claim to the Ohio Valley territory in the Treaty of Paris, which ends the Revolutionary War

John Thornton Augustine Washington was born

Harman Blennerhassett sold his property

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

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

The first class at Bethany College included international students

William Tompkins struck large flow of gas while drilling a salt well a short distance above Burning Springs

Henry Ruffner gathered with other western Virginians at a convention in Clarksburg and allied for a system of free public schools

Alexander Campbell argued for public education at the education convention in Clarksburg

Scarcity of deer first noted in present West Virginia

John Hale attended Mercer Academy in Charleston

The Northwestern Academy was established

Work commenced on the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike

The Jackson family gristmill was constructed at Jackson's Mill

Nathaniel Kuykendall operated a stagecoach and mail delivery service on the Northwestern Virginia Turnpike

Robert Simmons settled in Parkersburg

The Staunton Turnpike was placed under control of the Board of Public Works

Portion of the Staunton Turnpike were open to wagon travel

George Summers was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

Charles Ward was born

John Thornton Augustine Washington died

James O. Watson married Matilda Lamb

Charles Ellet Jr was appointed chief engineer of the Fairmont Bridge

Richard Whelan was consecrated as the second bishop of the Diocese of Richmond

Waitman Willey was elected clerk of the Monongalia County Court