Alexander Campbell

Aaron Burr and accomplice Harman Blennerhassett were arrested

Patrick Gass published his journals from the Lewis and Clark expedition

Felix Grundy resigned from the Kentucky Supreme Court

Thomas Harris moved his family to Harrisville

Joseph Johnson acquired additional acreage on Simpson Creek

Kingwood was settled

Bishop James Madison's maps appeared

The Wheeling Repository was established

William Parsons built the first road between Clarksburg and Point Pleasant

Thomas Harris moved westward from Clarksburg

The Halcyon Church declined

Levi Shinn died

Johann Stifel was born

James Caldwell land in West Union (Doddridge County) was sold, and settled by Nathan, William, and Joseph Davis

Alexander Henderson exposed the treasonous plans of Aaron Burr and Harman Blennerhassett

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

Claude Crozet began serving Napoleons military in Germany and Holland

Samuel Jackson established Jackson's Ironworks at Ices Ferry

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

Felix Grundy was elected to Congress

Joseph Johnson was appointed a constable

Road crews started in Maryland on the National Road

The New Orleans,the first steamboat on the inland rivers, was launched on the Ohio River at Pittsburgh

B&O chartered

Churches of Berkeley and Jefferson organized ecumenical Sabbath School Union

David E. Jackson, William Sublette and Jedediah Smith became partners in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company

Anne Royall wrote The Tennessean

City of Logan was laid out and first named Lawnsville

The stogie became popular when George W. Black of Wheeling sold the cigars to wagon drivers on the National Road

The Northwestern Virginia Turnpike was chartered by the General Assembly to connect Winchester to Parkersburg

Dick Pointer died.

James Blaine built a gristmill on Blaine Island

George Summers was admitted to the bar

The General Assembly established the town of Virginius

Alexander Withers moved to Harrison County

The Virginia General Assembly granted a charter to Bethany College

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

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

Elizabeth Tomlinson died

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

Alfred Beckley was appointed a militia general

The Buffalo Academy was founded

Baltimore investors built Mountain House at Capon Springs

First national convention of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination

General Assembly authorized development of plans for improvements to make Coal River more navigable

John Gallaher was named auditor for the U.S. Treasury by President Zachary Taylor

Guyandotte was officially incorporated

City of New Cumberland received its charter from Virginia

Frank Hereford moved to California where he practiced law

John Jay Jackson Jr. served as prosecuting attorney of Ritchie County

Cummins Jackson died in California

John Jacob obtained a B.A. from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

The first Jewish community established a religious congregation in Wheeling

William C. Kelly was born

Construction on the B&O line Kingwood Tunnel began

George Latham moved to Taylor County

The Guyandotte Navigation Company was incorporated by the state of Virginia

The National Hotel was built in Martinsburg

Randolph McCoy married his cousin Sarah McCoy

Alexander Creel bought back land he had previously sold and established the city of St. Marys

Samuel Price was reelected to the House of Delegates.

William Miller died

Lydia Shepherd denied that Betty Zane made the famous gunpowder run to save Fort Henry, claiming it was Molly Scott

Patrick Donahue was born

The Wheeling tannery was founded by John G. Hoffman

Work began on the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike

Wheeling had free public schools

Winfield was laid out

A brick courthouse was completed at Winfield