Joseph Hamilton Daveiss

Joseph Hamilton Daviess ( born March 4, 1744 Bedford County, Virginia; † November 16, 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe ) was the commander of the Dragoons, the militia from Indiana. Although, the correct spelling of his name " Daveiss ", but is uniformly as " Daviess " pronounced, not least because of the towns and places that have been named after him.

Journey

Born in Bedford County, Virginia, he moved at a young age with his parents in the area of Danville in Kentucky. When he was in 1795 admitted to the bar of Kentucky, he appeared in court as a hillbilly. Daveiss is said he was the first lawyer been west of the Appalachians, which was contrary to the Supreme Court of the United States.

After he married the sister of John Marshall, the Chief Justice of the United States, he returned to Kentucky. Here he served as United States Attorney for the State. He got the reputation of " Kentuckyföderalisten ".

In February and March 1806, he wrote several letters to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, in which he warned him, and drew attention to that conspiratorial activities of Vice President Aaron Burr went out. Daveiss ' letter to Jefferson on July 14, 1806 accused Burr, he wanted to instigate a rebellion in the Spanish part of North America, and then to unite later in the south west with the rebels and to declare an independent state under his leadership. When similar allegations against local politicians of the Democratic-Republican Party were publicized in a newspaper of Frankfort, smashed Jefferson Daveiss ' warnings as dirt campaign.

In 1806 Daveiss Burr accused of treason in the state of Kentucky, the suit was later dropped by the support of Burr's attorney Henry Clay. 1811 Daveiss volunteered to serve in the Indiana militia after the governor and later U.S. President William Henry Harrison, the population called for the fight against Tecumseh, the Native American leader of the people of Shawnee. On the night of November 6, 1811 Harrison's hit troops near Prophetstown their posts. Major Daveiss and his dragoons took up a position at the rear of the left flank, and had to step in the command without a horse and only gun as a support unit in the course of the planned night attack. However, as the Indians went on to attack, to Daveiss crashed with only a small number of soldiers in the front of the fighting. He and his people were repulsed. Mortally wounded died Daveiss after this retreat.

Spaces and places that have been named after Daviess

• Jo Daviess County ( Illinois)
• Daviess County ( Indiana)
• Daviess County ( Kentucky)
• Jo Daviess Township (Minnesota)
• Daviess County ( Missouri)