Aaron Peters is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Aaron Peters
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4100661
Unit:
Merchant Ship Joel Barlow
Date of Death:
1815-01-14
State:
Rhode Island
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Aaron Peters was a 21-year-old seaman from Rhode Island who served aboard the merchant ship Joel Barlow. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Peters died on January 14, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.