Cole Digges | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Warwick County, Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1778-1784 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Harwood |
| Succeeded by | John Langhorne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1748 E.D. plantation, York County, Virginia, Colony of Virginia |
| Died | 1788 |
| Spouse | Mary Robinson of Isle of Wight County |
| Parent(s) | Dudley Digges (patriot), Marthe Burwell Armistead |
| Relatives | Cole Digges (grandfather) |
| Residence(s) | Denbigh plantation, Warwick County, Virginia |
| Education | College of William & Mary |
| Occupation | planter, military officer, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Continental Army |
| Branch/service |  Virginia Militia |
| Rank | lieutenant |
| Unit | 1st Continental Light Dragoons |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War Battle of Brandywine |
Cole Digges (1748–1788) was a Virginia planter, military officer and politician who represented now-defunct Warwick County, in the Virginia House of Delegates (1778–1784) and during the Virginia Ratification Convention of 1788. Possibly the most famous of three related men of the same name who served in the Virginia legislature during the 18th century, and despite genealogical disagreement this man was most likely the son of Dudley Digges of Yorktown and Williamsburg and his first wife, Martha Burwell Armistead. He served during the American Revolutionary War as a dragoon in the Continental Army, rising from the rank of cornet to lieutenant before resigning and starting his legislative career.[1][2][3] The other two related men of the same name were his grandfather, Yorktown merchant Cole Digges who served in both houses of the Virginia legislature, and his cousin Cole Digges (d. 1777) who briefly represented Warwick County in the House of Delegates before his death and this man's succession.
- ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. IV. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 180.
- ^ Tyler, Lyon G., "Pedigree of a Representative Virginia Planter", William & Mary Quarterly Jan. 1893 [1] also in Genealogies of Virginia Families: From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.) 1982) vol. II, pp. 173-174, 185
- ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly pp. 127, 131, 135, 139, 143, 147, 151, 174