Individual Details

"Gov. Joseph Desha commanded the Kentucky Division, which formed the famous "crochet" at the Battle of the Thames; served as Gov. of Kentucky, 1824 - 1828, of the State Legislature and the U. S. Congress." (COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA, 1911, Second Edition with Revisions and additions by the author, 1958, by Stella Pickett Hardy, page 431.)

Spouse	Margaret Bledsoe ( - )
Child	Ellen Desha ( - )