Washington

Alexander Campbell settled at present Bethany

Felix Grundy was elected to Congress

Joseph Johnson was appointed a constable

Road crews started in Maryland on the National Road

Swiss Immigrant David Boudon became an artist in Wheeling

Buckhannon was established

Western representatives called for a constitutional convention

John George Jackson was a promoter of the Staunton Convention

Dr. James Putney was born in Malden

The Staunton Convention failed to meet western demands

Middlebourne became the county seat of Tyler County

Noah Ludlow bought a 25-foot flatboat

The General Assembly passed an act to establish an Internal Improvement Fund and Board of Public Works

Charlestown became Wellsburg

Fairfax's plantation, Shannon Hill, was sold by daughter to G. W. Hammond

James River & Kanawha Turnpike was completed

William H. Cabell sold Green Bottom and its slaves to Capt. William Jenkins

The Staunton Convention failed to meet western demands

Elizabeth Cummins Jackson died

James Monroe Jackson was born

City of Bolivar was established

Robert E. Lee entered West Point

Project management of the National Road was passed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Cedar Lawn was built by John Thornton Augustine Washington

Isaiah Welch was born in Doddridge County