Joseph Hamilton Daveiss

Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
Portrait of Daveiss by James Peale
Birth nameJoseph Hamilton Daveiss
BornMarch 1774
Bedford County, Colony of Virginia, British America
DiedNovember 7, 1811(1811-11-07) (aged 37)
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, U.S.
Buried
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, U.S.
BranchUnited States Army
Indiana Territory, Militia
Service years1811
CommandsDragoon Reserve
Spouse
Ann Marshall
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(m. 1803)​

Joseph Hamilton Daveiss (/ˈdeɪvɪs/; March 1774 – November 7, 1811), a Virginia-born lawyer, received a mortal wound while commanding the Dragoons of the Kentucky Militia at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Five years earlier, Daveiss had tried to warn President Thomas Jefferson about the Burr conspiracy, a plan by Aaron Burr to provoke rebellion in Spanish-held territories southwest of his Kentucky district.

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