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 Aaron Burr's plans to provoke rebellion in Spanish-held territories southwest of his Kentucky district.

He studied classics at a private academy in Harrodsburg with Jesse Bledsoe, Felix Grundy, Archibald Cameron and John Pope.

Daveiss became the first lawyer west of the Appalachian Mountains to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court.

[1][4] Following his trip to Washington, D.C., Daveiss was appointed as United States Attorney for Kentucky by President John Adams.

Daveiss' July 14 letter to Jefferson stated flatly that Burr planned to provoke a rebellion in Spanish-held parts of the West in order to join them to areas in the Southwest to form an independent nation under his rule.

[1] In 1811, Daveiss volunteered to serve in the Indiana militia, answering Governor Harrison's call for troops to march against Tecumseh's village at Prophetstown.

[citation needed] When the Indians attacked early the next morning, Daveiss advanced with a small detachment of 20 men.