Fredericktown In the southern part of Cecil County is Fredericktown, where George Washington stopped several times [according to "Routes Traveled by George Washington in Maryland," a map prepared for the Maryland Commission for the celebration of the 2ooth anniversary of the birth of George Washington, 1732-1932]. It was formerly called Pennington's Point or Happy Harbor, and was laid out in December 1736 by William Rumsey, a well known surveyor of the time. Fredericktown was a residence for some of the Acadians, or French Neutrals, who were exiled in 1765. Fort Duffy was erected at Fredericktown as one of the defenses of Cecil County during the War of 1812. Colonel Thomas Ward Veazey, afterwards Governor of Maryland, commanded this fort and his men attempted to repulse the British who, on May 6, 1813, came up the Sassafras River in fifteen large barges and three small boats and burned Fredericktown and Georgetown.