Distingushed Virginia Ancestory
daughter of Lt. Joseph Davis ,of the Revolutionary War, and Wife Jean Hamilton. She was married 8 April 1790 in Mercer Co.Ky.to William Hess who was born 22 Feb. 1766 in Easton ,Pa. and died 30 July 1815 in Wilkerson County Miss. He was a soldier and casuality of the War of 1812.
Margaret [Peggy] Hess was noted as the first Woman to plead a case in the Courts of the United States. The First Woman's Law Society [New York]was named in her honor. She was the mother of 10 children.
The marker was erected in Greatest Appreciation of our Honored Heirtage by Many Descendants throughout the United States in 1958.
daughter of Lt. Joseph Davis ,of the Revolutionary War, and Wife Jean Hamilton. She was married 8 April 1790 in Mercer Co.Ky.to William Hess who was born 22 Feb. 1766 in Easton ,Pa. and died 30 July 1815 in Wilkerson County Miss. He was a soldier and casuality of the War of 1812.
Margaret [Peggy] Hess was noted as the first Woman to plead a case in the Courts of the United States. The First Woman's Law Society [New York]was named in her honor. She was the mother of 10 children.
The marker was erected in Greatest Appreciation of our Honored Heirtage by Many Descendants throughout the United States in 1958.
Distingushed Virginia Ancestory
daughter of Lt. Joseph Davis ,of the Revolutionary War, and Wife Jean Hamilton. She was married 8 April 1790 in Mercer Co.Ky.to William Hess who was born 22 Feb. 1766 in Easton ,Pa. and died 30 July 1815 in Wilkerson County Miss. He was a soldier and casuality of the War of 1812.
Margaret [Peggy] Hess was noted as the first Woman to plead a case in the Courts of the United States. The First Woman's Law Society [New York]was named in her honor. She was the mother of 10 children.
The marker was erected in Greatest Appreciation of our Honored Heirtage by Many Descendants throughout the United States in 1958.
daughter of Lt. Joseph Davis ,of the Revolutionary War, and Wife Jean Hamilton. She was married 8 April 1790 in Mercer Co.Ky.to William Hess who was born 22 Feb. 1766 in Easton ,Pa. and died 30 July 1815 in Wilkerson County Miss. He was a soldier and casuality of the War of 1812.
Margaret [Peggy] Hess was noted as the first Woman to plead a case in the Courts of the United States. The First Woman's Law Society [New York]was named in her honor. She was the mother of 10 children.
The marker was erected in Greatest Appreciation of our Honored Heirtage by Many Descendants throughout the United States in 1958.
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