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In 1778 the portion of Augusta County west of the Ohio River became Illinois County ( abolished in 1784 ); the northeastern part of what was remained became Rockingham County, and the southwestern part was combined with part of Botetourt County to form Rockbridge County.
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1778 and Augusta
Rockingham County was established in 1778 from Augusta County.
Rockbridge County was established in October, 1777 from parts of now neighboring Augusta and Botetourt counties, and the first county elections were held in May 1778.
The legislature, a unicameral body, met there in 1777 and 1778 only to retreat to Augusta when the British captured the city.
In January 1778, Nancy Morgan Hart, who was tall, muscular, and cross-eyed, disguised herself as a " touched " or crazy man and entered Augusta, Georgia, to obtain intelligence on British defenses.
Following the British capture of Savannah and Augusta, Georgia in 1778 – 1779, English goods made their way to the Cherokee on the Savannah River, prompting some tribesmen to rejoin the English cause.
1778 and County
In 1778, the name Charlotte County was changed to Washington County to honor George Washington, the American Revolutionary War general and later President of the United States of America.
However, as the American Revolution got underway, the citizens changed its name to Shenandoah County in 1778.
The first court session in Rockbridge County was held at the home of Samuel Wallace on April 7, 1778.
In 1778 a small triangular area bordering the James River was given to Cumberland County.
County designations kept changing, as it was part of Granville County from 1746 – 1752 ; included in Orange County until 1778 ; and part of Caswell County until 1791 / 1792.
Jackson in Carroll County was first settled in 1778 as New Madbury by residents of the town.
At the Battle of Monmouth, an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth County, American General Charles Lee led the advance and initiated the first attack on the column's rear.
The town was home to one of the earliest organized churches in Carteret County, the Newport River Primitive Baptist Church, established 1778.
It is considered the highest elevated borough / village in Carbon County at an elevation of 1778 feet.
In 1778, the first settlement in Robertson County was made by Thomas Kilgore on the waters of the Middle Fork of Red River, three-fourths of a mile west of Cross Plains.
" Minutes of the Commissioners for detecting and defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York, Albany County Sessions, 1778 – 1781.
* John Hunter ( Westchester County, NY ) ( 1778 – 1852 ), New York politician
In 1778, the county was renamed Shenandoah County, Virginia.
1778 and west
British seafaring Captain James Cook, midway through his third and final voyage of exploration in 1778, sailed along the west coast of North America aboard the, mapping the coast from California all the way to the Bering Strait.
On 5 and 6 September 1778, the British landed four thousand soldiers on the west side of the Acushnet River.
A watercolour by Thomas Hearne ( artist ) | Thomas Hearne from 1778 of the west of Lancaster's keep.
The first was the British capture by capitulation of the west coast port of Mahé, part of a concerted effort by the British to take all French outposts following the 1778 French entry into the American Revolutionary War.
In November 1778, the Virginia legislature created the county of Illinois comprising all of the lands lying west of the Ohio River to which Virginia had any claim, with Kaskaskia as the county seat.
As divided by the Continental Congress in 1778, the District of Maine was the northernmost of three districts in Massachusetts, bounded on the west by the Piscataqua River and on the east by the Saint Croix River.
The Battle of Ushant ( also called the First Battle of Ushant ) took place on 27 July 1778, fought between French and British fleets 100 miles ( 160 km ) west of Ushant, a French island at the mouth of the English Channel off the north-westernmost point of France.
* Battle of Ushant ( 1778 ), fought west of Ushant, a large but inconclusive engagement in the American War of Independence
In 1778, the British seafaring Captain James Cook, midway through his third and final voyage of exploration, sailed along the west coast of North America, mapping the coast from California all the way to the Bering Strait.
With Clark as commandant of the entire territory north and west of the Ohio river, Todd was appointed as County Lieutenant and Civil Commandant of " Illinois County ", which had been organized by the Virginia legislature in 1778 with the government based in Kaskaskia.
Captain James Cook, midway through his third and final voyage of exploration in 1778, sailed along the west coast of North America aboard the HMS Resolution, from then-Spanish California all the way to the Bering Strait.
1778 and Ohio
Boone responded by leading a preemptive raid against the Shawnees across the Ohio River, and then by helping to successfully defend Boonesborough against a ten-day siege led by Blackfish, which began on September 7, 1778.
In 1778 he established a post on an island at the head of the Falls of the Ohio.
Snow was the fifth child and first son of Oliver Snow ( 18 September 1775 Massachusetts-17 October 1845 Illinois ) and Rosetta L. Pettibone ( 22 October 1778 Connecticut-12 October 1846 Illinois ), residents of Mantua Township, Ohio, who had left New England to settle on a new and fertile farm in the Connecticut Western Reserve.
* John Kerr ( US politician ) ( c. 1778 – 1823 ), Irish-born mayor of Columbus, Ohio
After Chief Blackfish unsuccessfully besieged Boonesborough, Kentucky in 1778, Kentuckians crossed the Ohio River and attacked Chillicothe on 29 May 1779.
In July 1778, Clark and his men crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky and took control of Kaskaskia, Vincennes, and several other villages in British territory.
Frontier Advance on the Upper Ohio, 1778 – 1779.
Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, 1777 – 1778.
Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778 – 1783, and Life of Gen. George Rogers Clark.
In July 1778, Clark and about 175 men crossed the Ohio River at Fort Massac and marched to Kaskaskia, taking it on the night of July 4.
In 1778, American General George Rogers Clark and 178 men captured the British forts on the Ohio River.
Haldimand served as governor of Quebec from 1778 to 1786, with responsibility for the defense of the province and the organization and support of frontier attacks in the Ohio Country.
Frontier Advance on the Upper Ohio, 1778 – 1779.
Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio 1777 – 1778.
White Eyes, named Koquethagechton ( c. 1730 – November 1778 ), was a leader of the Lenape ( Delaware ) people in the Ohio Country during the era of the American Revolution.
Caleb Atwater ( December 25, 1778 – March 13, 1867 ) was an American archaeologist, historian, and politician whose career is associated with the state of Ohio.
Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778 – 1783, and Life of Gen. George Rogers Clark.
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