John Dagworthy was from Trenton, New Jersey, and had a military career that spanned three wars.
12 Facts About John Dagworthy
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When George Washington of the Virginia militia, returned with the survivors of the Braddock Expedition John Dagworthy became involved in a lengthy dispute with Washington, challenging him over matters of rank and seniority.
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John Dagworthy, born in 1721, came from a prominent Royalist family in Trenton, New Jersey and was a devoted member of the Anglican Church of England.
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John Dagworthy went on to serve in three different wars during his military career.
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John Dagworthy's company participated in the proposed invasion of Canada up the Hudson valley, which never actually got underway.
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John Dagworthy was in command of the troops of the Maryland militia who built Fort Cumberland, a crude frontier fort constructed at the confluence of Wills Creek and the Potomac River in the autumn of 1754.
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John Dagworthy was under the notion that a royal commission, even though outdated, somehow rendered his rank superior to that of a colonial major.
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John Dagworthy first encountered George Washington, who was then twenty-two, in 1755, on the Maryland frontier at Fort Cumberland.
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At that time, Washington was a major in the Virginia militia, a rank that John Dagworthy considered inferior to his own Royal commission as a captain.
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Washington deeply resented the idea that a British captain considered himself to be of superior rank, especially since John Dagworthy had obtained his royal commission for a price.
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John Dagworthy was not given a field command in the Continental Army, but was instead given command of the Sussex County militia.
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John Dagworthy's remains are buried in the cemetery of Prince George's Chapel, located in Dagsboro.