Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
American politician (1774-1811)
Joseph Hamilton Daveiss (; 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.
Early and family life
Joseph Hamilton Daveiss was born on March 1 (or 4), 1774, in Bedford County, Virginia, to Jean/Joan (née Hamilton) and Joseph Daveiss. He moved at a young age with his parents to Kentucky, first to Lincoln County. The family eventually settled near Danville in Boyle County. He studied classics at a private academy in Harrodsburg with Jesse Bledsoe, Felix Grundy, Archibald Cameron and John Pope. He then studied with Dr. Culbertson. In 1793, he volunteered in a six-month military campaign against Native Americans following a call for volunteers by John Adair. At the end of the campaign, he received an officer's commission and declined commission in the regular army to study law.
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