John Dagworthy

John Dagworthy
Born 1721
Died 1784
Buried at Dagsboro, Delaware
Allegiance United States
Rank Brigadier general
Commands held Fort Cumberland (French and Indian War) and Sussex County militia (American Revolutionary War)

John Dagworthy (17211784) was a brigadier general who commanded the Sussex County (Delaware) militia during the American Revolutionary War.[1] The town of Dagsboro, Delaware and the Dagsboro Hundred both take their names from General Dagworthy.[2][3]

While assigned to Fort Cumberland during the French and Indian War as a captain in the British Army, Dagworthy disputed the authority of George Washington. At that time, Washington was a major in the Virginia militia, a rank that Dagworthy considered inferior to his own Royal commission as a captain.[4] The fort was built at the confluence of Wills Creek and the Potomac River, by troops of the Maryland militia under Dagworthy's command, in the fall of 1754.[5]

His remains are buried in the cemetery of Prince George's Chapel, located near Dagsboro.[3]

References

  1. "General John Dagworthy". Sussex County Online. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. "Delmarvan Once Disputed Gen. Washington's Rank". Salisbury Times. June 29, 1962.
  3. 1 2 "Sussex County Markers: Prince George's Chapel". Delaware Public Archives. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  4. Michael Morgan (6 October 2010). "Stubborn Mr. John Dagworthy". Delmarvanow.com.
  5. Smith, Jr., Claiborne T. (1988). "Innes, James". In Powell, William S. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Volume 3 (H-K). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 252. ISBN 9780807818060.


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