Felix Grundy

President Jefferson ordered the arrests of Aaron Burr and Harman Blennerhassett for treason

Margaret Blennerhassett was forced to flee from her home after the Burr conspiracy

The first schoolhouse was built in the Jackson County area

Lutheranism reached the Ohio River with the Roush family and Reverend Paul Henkel

John McLure relocated to Wheeling from Pennsylvania

Congress authorized construction of the National Road from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling

Wheeling was chartered as a town

Aaron Burr and accomplice Harman Blennerhassett were arrested

Alexander Campbell's father, Thomas Campbell, migrated to Washington, Pennsylvania

Patrick Gass published his journals from the Lewis and Clark expedition

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

Alexander Campbell settled at present Bethany

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

Barboursville was designated the county seat of Cabell County

Indian trail extended to Barboursville

Dr. Eli Herman Moore was born in Brooke County

Joel Shrewsbury and William Dickinson Sr. moved their salt business to the Kanawha Salines (Malden)

Linsly Institute in Wheeling was founded

The second complete publication of account from Lewis & Clark expedition published since Patrick Gass's in 1807

Joseph Johnson marched his company north to Norfolk

The Charlestown Gazette was established in Wellsburg

The first glass plant in West Virginia was built in Wellsburg

The Summers family moved to Walnut Grove

Tyler County was created

General Assembly authorized each county to establish district school system with limited state aid

Monroe County opened free school at Sinks Grove

Alexander Clendenin died

Charles Faulkner married Mary W. Boyd

John Floyd graduated from South Carolina College

The South Branch Intelligencer was founded

The Virginia Constitutional Convention failed to meet western demands

The Eclectic Observer was founded in Wheeling

Jesse Hughes died at Turkey Run

Completion of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike to the Ohio River was authorized by the General Assembly

Robert E. Lee graduated second in his class from West Point

William Fletcher received 20 acres of land in Welch

The state of Virginia began blasting and excavating shoals in the Kanawha River including the Red House shoal.

Phillip R. Thompson laid out the town of Phillipi

James Stephenson married Agnes Miller Boreman