Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) — also known asJoe Daviess — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,March 4,1774.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.Welshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Around 1801, he served as a second toJohnRowan in hisduelwith James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, hefledtoavoidprosecution as accomplice tomurder,and became afugitive,but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legalcounsel.Shotandkilled in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is nowTippecanoeCounty, Ind.,November7, 1811 (age37 years, 248days).Interment atTippecanoeBattlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind. | | John Simpson (d. 1813) — ofShelbyCounty, Ky.Born in Virginia.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1806-11; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Killed in theBattle of River Raisin, in Frenchtown (nowMonroe),MonroeCounty, Mich.,January22, 1813.Original intermentsomewhere in Monroe, Mich.; reinterment in 1834 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Leonard Covington (1768-1813) — of Maryland. Born in Aquasco,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,October30, 1768.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1805-07; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1807-09; general in the U.S. Army during the War of1812.Slaveowner.Mortally wounded in the Battle of Chrysler's Field, and diedin Frenchs Mills (now Fort Covington),FranklinCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1813 (age45 years, 15days).Original intermentsomewherein Fort Covington, N.Y.; reinterment in 1820 atMt.Covington, Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; cenotaph atMilitaryPost Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, N.Y. | | Benjamin Pond (1768-1814) — ofEssexCounty, N.Y.Born in Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,1768.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Essex County, 1807-10;U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1811-13; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812.Suffered exposure anddiseaseat the seige of Plattsburg, anddied as a result, in Schroom,EssexCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1814 (ageabout 46years).Original interment atPineRidge Cemetery, North Hudson, N.Y.; reinterment in 1923 atRiversideCemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y. | | Thomas Gholson Jr. (d. 1816) — of Brunswick,BrunswickCounty, Va.Born in Brunswick,BrunswickCounty, Va.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1806-09;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1808, 1809-16 (17th District 1808,1809-15, 18th District 1815-16); died in office 1816; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812.Slaveowner.Died from war wounds, inBrunswickCounty, Va.,July 4,1816.Interment atGholson Family Cemetery, Brunswick, Va. | | William Allen Trimble (1786-1821) — of Ohio. Born inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,April 4,1786.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1819-21; died in office 1821.Died, from hiswar wounds, inWashington,D.C.,December13, 1821 (age35 years, 253days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.
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