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
Joseph Tomlinson and brother Samuel Tomlinson settled in the Ohio Valley frontier
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
