Ices Ferry Ironworks

Alexander Campbell migrated to America

Thomas Campbell drafted The Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington

Claude Crozet began serving Napoleons military in Germany and Holland

John George Jackson had an encounter with North Carolina Congressman Joseph Pierson that ended in a duel

The Old State Road received legislative authorization to collect tolls for maintenance

The Union Baptist Church was founded in Milton

The Literary Fund was established by the General Assembly

The first settlers arrived in Roane County

Henry Ruffner began studies at Lewisburg Academy

John Haymond and Benjamin Wilson began a salt works at Bull Town on the Little Kanawha River

John D. Sutton settled at Granny's Creek, now Sutton

James Madison became president

Gen. Elisha Boyd built the Martinsburg mansion Boydsville

Sinnett Triplett first known white man to occupy present Clay County

The first gristmill in Gilmer County was built in Glenville

Wilson Cary Nicholas purchased Green Bottom and established an overseer slave plantation

The Greenbrier College for Women was founded as the Lewisburg Academy by Dr. John McElhenney

Industrial development, especially salt and iron, was stimulated by the War of 1812

The first Western Virginia rolling mill was in operation at Ices Ferry Ironworks

Legislature appointed John George Jackson a brigadier general in the Virginia militia during the war

John George Jackson emerged as one of the foremost businessmen of the upper Monongahela Valley

Joseph Johnson became captain of the Harrison Riflemen

Aaron Stockton settled at Kanawha Falls

The Kanawha Valley salt industry boomed

John Marshall led a 20 man survey party mapping the route across West Virginia between the James and Ohio Rivers

Hawks Nest was named Marshall's Pillars

Justice Joseph Story delivered the decision to reverse Virginia Court of Appeals in the David Hunter case after John Marshall recused himself from the case

Robert Gorrell laid out town lots at present Middlebourne

John Marshall boated the New River to asses its navigation potential

Organ Cave was mined for saltpeter to manufacture gunpowder

Spencer was first settled by the Samuel Tanner and Jonathan Wolfe families

Anne Royall moved to Charleston after death of Wm. Royall

Henry Ruffner attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University)

John George Jackson began his salt works on the West Fork

Salt production quadrupled on 52 furnaces to reach one million bushels

Robert Simmons fought in the War of 1812

The "Big Cave" on Cave Mountain was a source of saltpeter for the production of gunpowder

Samuel Tanner and Jonathan Wolfe moved into a cave near present Spencer Middle School

Western Virginia militias took parts in the Northwest Campaign

Martin Delany family was forced to flee Virginia to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for violating black education law

Harrisville was laid out by Thomas Harris

The first Catholic church in West Virginia was established in Wheeling by German and Irish parishioners

Covered bridges over the Greenbrier and Gauley rivers opened

Joseph Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives

Bounties paid for gray wolves were discontinued

Organ Cave was owned by John Rogers

Robert W. Simmons was born at Fredericksburg

Williamstown was chartered

Elizabeth was chartered by the General Assembly

John D. Sutton gave one acre of ground for a public square in Sutton

Monroe County discontinued the system

Rebecca Davis family moved to Wheeling

The Winchester & Potomac Railroad opened line to Virginius Island at Harpers Ferry

The Virginia Geological Report noted the county's rich coal deposits

Henry Clay Furnace was built on Clay Run

The city of Ravenswood was laid out

Benjamin Kelley moved to Wheeling

Joseph Martin produced the only gazetteer of Virginia before the state split

Alexander Martin moved to Jefferson County, Ohio

The first courthouse in Elizabethtown (present Moundsville) was built

The first public building, a jail, was completed in present Moundsville

A new building was authorized to be built in Wheeling for the Ohio County courthouse

The C&O canal company began to carve through Sorrel Ridge

Samuel Price moved to Wheeling and became prosecuting attorney for Braxton County.

Anne Royall began publishing The Huntress newspaper

Henry Ruffner became president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University)

William Chapman acquired a small steamboat to tow the Floating Theater upstream

Braxton County was formed

The United Brethren Virginia Conference sent Michael Moses to New Haven

Wheeling was incorporated as a city

The rear wing of Henderson Hall was built

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

Allegheny College opened in Blue Sulphur Springs

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

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