William H. Cabell

Jesse Bennet married Elizabeth Hogg

Campbell mansion built at Bethany

Harman Blennerhassett joined the secret Society of United Irishmen

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

Clarksburg chosen as site of first federal court west of Alleghenies

Romney's Literary Society was founded

President James Monroe appointed John George Jackson a federal judge

The first steamboat tried to get up over Red House Shoals

Western commerce was crushed by the Panic

The Lewis County seat became Weston

Henry Ruffner organized two Presbyterian congregations from which came Kanawha Salines in Malden and the Kanawha Church of Charleston

Oil was produced by George Lemon in Wirt County

Jonas Smith recorded the first plat of the town

The Robert Thompson was the first steamboat to attempt to get to Charleston

The Literary Society was founded

Henry Ruffner began teaching ancient languages at Washington College (Washington and Lee University)

Richard Henry Lee Washington died

Thomas Beall died

Weston became the permanent name of the town