Battle of Oriskany, New York, August 6, 1777. Battle of Bennington, Vermont, August 15-16, 1777. Attack on Fort Henry (Wheeling, W. Va.), September 1, 1777. Battle of Brandywine (Chadd's Ford), Pa., September 11, 1777. First Court for Kentucky County held at Harrodsburg, September, 1777. (Ordered that the County-Seat be Located at Crow's Station (Danville).) The people of Vermont (first known as the New Hampshire Grants) undertake to declare themselves an independent State, in 1777. Watauga Settlements, under Watauga Association, formally recognized as a part of North Carolina in 1777. (Relation continues unbroken until 1784.) Battle of Germantown, Pa., October 4, 1777. Battle near Saratoga, New York, October 7 to 17, 1777. Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777. Rockbridge County created by Virginia out of Augusta and Botetourt Counties, October, 1777, to commence March 1, 1778. Rockingham County, created by Virginia out of Augusta County, October, 1777, to commence March 1, 1778. Greenbriar County, created by Virginia out of Botetourt and Montgomery, October, 1777, to commence March 1, 1778. Washington District becomes Washington County, North Carolina, November, 1777. Articles of Confederation adopted by Congress, November 15, 1777. Washington encamps for the winter at Valley Forge, December, 1777. 1778. Treaties of Alliance, Amity and Commerce between United States and France, February 6, 1778. Daniel Boone and 27 men captured at Blue Licks by Indians, February 8, 1778. The Drake surrenders to the Ranger, commanded by Captain John Paul Jones, after a fierce fight, April 24, 1778. George Rogers Clark and men camp on Corn Island, at the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville), May 27, 1778. A French fleet, under Count D'Estaing, to aid America, arrives in Delaware River, June 8, 1778. Battle of Monmouth (Freehold Court House), New Jersey, June 28, 1778. Wyoming Massacre, on Susquehannah River, in Pennsylvania, July 1 to July 4, 1778. Kaskaskia surprised and captured by George Rogers Clark and his men, July 4, 1778. Cahokia captured by Captain Joseph Bowman, of Clark's command, July 6 (or 7), 1778. Vincennes Surrenders to Clark, August 1, 1778. General Lachlan McIntosh succeeds General Hand in command of Fort Pitt early in August, 1778. Siege of Boonesborough by Captain de Quindre, September 7th to September 20, 1778. Siege of Fort Henry (Wheeling), W. Va., September 26, to 28, 1778. Fort Randolph (at Point Pleasant, W. Va.), besieged by a large force of Indians, 1778. Permanent Foundations of Louisville laid, October, 1778. Illinois County created by Virginia, to be included in the District of Kentucky, October, 1778. Battle of Spencer's Hill (Bulltown Swamp), Georgia, November 19, 1778. Affair at Medway Church, Georgia, November 24, 1778. John Todd, Jr., appointed County-Lieutenant or Commandant of Illinois County, December 12, 1778. Vincennes Re-taken by Governor Henry Hamilton, the British Commander at Detroit, December 16 (or 17), 1778. Savannah, Georgia, taken by the British, December 29, 1778. 1779. Fort Morris (Sunbury), Georgia, taken by the British, completing the subjugation of Georgia, January 9, 1779. Augusta, Georgia, occupied by British, January 29, 1779. Unsuccessful attempt made by the British upon Port Royal Island, South Carolina, February 3, 1779. Battle of Beaufort, South Carolina, February 3, 1779. Battle of Kettle Creek, Georgia, February 14, 1779. Battle of Cherokee Ford, South Carolina, February 14, 1779. Second Surrender of Vincennes to George Rogers Clark, by Governor Henry Hamilton, February 25, 1779. General Prevost surprises the Americans at Briar Creek, Georgia, March 3, 1779. Seven British Boats and men captured, on Wabash River, by Captain Leonard Helm and party, of Clark's Expedition, March 9, 1779. Lexington, Ky., permanently settled, Fort begun, and Town laid off, by Colonel Robert Patterson and others, April 1, 1779. British make a descent upon Virginia, burn Norfolk and other towns, and attack Fort Nelson (Norfolk), Va., May 9, 1779. Battle of Charleston Neck, South Carolina, May 11, 1779. General Prevost attempts to take Charleston May 12, 1779. Colonel John Bowman's Expedition against Chillicothe, May-July, 1779. Indecisive engagement between the armies of Lincoln and Prevost at Stono Ferry, South Carolina, June 20, 1779. Action at Hickory Hill, Georgia, June 28, 1779. The Americans, under Anthony Wayne, take Stony Point, New York, July 16, 1779. Colonel Daniel Brodhead succeeds General McIntosh at Fort Pitt, in 1779. Colonel Brodhead's Raid up the Allegheny, August 11,-September 14, 1779. Action between Bon Homme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, and Serapis, one of the most desperate naval engagements known to history, resulting in the surrender of the Serapis to the Richard, and the subsequent sinking of the latter, September 23, 1779. Siege of Savannah, Georgia, September 23, to October 19, 1779. French and American allies repulsed from Savannah, Georgia, October 9, 1779. General Evan Shelby commands 2,000 Virginians and North Carolinians in expedition against Chickamauga Indians, April, 1779. |