James Davis is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
James Davis
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405240
Unit:
Merchant Ship Yorktown
Date of Death:
1814-02-26
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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John Davis was a 25-year-old seaman from Savannah who served aboard the merchant ship Yorktown. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Davis died on February 26, 1814, with phthisis recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.