Doughty was designated major commandant of the Battalion of Artillery in September 1789, then was dispatched by President Washington to the frontier to negotiate with the Choctaw Nation for trading post sites in 1789.
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Clementia Taylor (née Doughty; 1810-1908), Activist for women's rights and radical was born in Brockdish, the daughter of farmer John Doughty and his wife Mary.