Christian Panoply

Ohio County was organized at a meeting of the landholders

Berkeley Springs was officially recognized

Kentucky was created as a county of Virginia

Virginia's original constitution went into effect, favoring east over west

William Crawford commissioned colonel

Lord Dunmore returned to England

Virginia abolished quitrents and excepted Fairfax's proprietary

Fort Randolph was constructed at Point Pleasant under Capt. Matthew Arbuckle

Daniel Greathouse died of measles

John Holliday began operating a trading post at Hollidays Cove

Early explorer Stephen Sewell was killed by Indians at his cabin

Mad Anthony Wayne joined the continental army

The Continental Congress was petitioned to form a new state called Westsylvania

An new effort to form a colony like Vandalia began

Fort Henry was renamed for Governor Patrick Henry

Western Virginia land grant gave 200,000 acres of land to Bruen

Joseph Ruffner purchased 502 acres of land at Campbells Creek

John Dickinson conveyed a tract of 704 acres to Samuel and John Shrewsbury

An alderman system was authorized

William Beauchamp settled in the area of present Elizabeth

George, William and Alexander Clendenin sold Fort Lee to Joseph Ruffner

Joseph Ruffner arrived in the Kanawha Valley

Bishop Asbury again held sessions of the Greenbrier Conference at Rehoboth Church

Construction began on a more substantial courthouse for Ohio County

Walter Newman erected a hewn-log house at Point Pleasant which still stands today

David Ruffner finally left old Virginia

Thomas and Jonathan Buffington came to the mouth of the Guyandotte River to take possession of land

William Ice and Aiden Bales pioneered Grant District, Wetzel County

Obadiah Paden settle Paden City

Ebenezer Zane blazed his trace to Maysville, Kentucky

James Wood became governor of Virginia

Jesse Bennet, wife, and daughter moved to Mason County

Buffington purchased the island, now Buffington Island

Elisha Brooks built first salt furnace

William Clendenin moved his family to Mason County

George Clendenin died in Marietta, Ohio

Salt furnaces in Kanawha County began

Jesse Bennet and family moved to Point Pleasant

Patrick Gass family located in Brooke County

The General Assembly created Brooke County from northern Ohio County

William Parson and Samuel Tanner settled in the Jackson County area

John J. Allen was born

Elisha Brooks built his salt furnace on land from Joseph Ruffner

Simon Kenton lost his wife in a fire

The Impartial Observer was founded in Shepherdstown

Pleasants County saw its first permanent settlers.

Anne Newport married William Royall

Lewis Ruffner was born

Walter Newman built a tavern at Point Pleasant

The William Little family settled Littleton

Wheeling became the county seat of Ohio County

Oceana was established