William Johnson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Johnson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4201920
Unit:
Merchant Ship Antelope
Date of Death:
1815-03-09
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Johnson was a 29-year-old seaman from Philadelphia who served aboard the merchant ship Antelope. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Johnson died on March 9, 1815, with varicola (smallpox) recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.