Jacob Peterson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Jacob Peterson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4303588
Unit:
Merchant Ship Rambler
Date of Death:
1814-11-04
State:
Rhode Island
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Jacob Peterson was a 16-year-old seaman from North Carolina who served aboard the merchant ship Rambler. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Peterson died on November 4, 1814, with enteritis recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.