Desha is buried in the Georgetown Cemetery in Scott County.
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
Desha Glen Mason County
Built circa 1811 on 500 acres by Kentucky's 9th Governor Joseph Desha (1824-28).Desha was a Major General of the Kentucky Militia in the war of 1812 and fought at the Battle of the Thames. Located on Formans Chapel Road in Mason County,Kentucky. Desha was born 1762 in Monroe County, VA and died in 1848 in Scott County,KY.
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