Second Seminole War
Early in 1836, during the Second Seminole War, Dummett joined a militia company known as the Mosquito Roarers and was assigned the rank of Captain. He was wounded in the neck while defending a neighbor's sugar plantation at the battle of Dunlawton plantation. After recovering from his wounds, he married the socialite Frances Hunter in 1837, and at the same time became a member of the Territorial Council. His wife petitioned for a divorce in 1844.
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