Lawrence Peterson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Lawrence Peterson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4303629
Unit:
Merchant Ship Nonsuch
Date of Death:
1815-01-08
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Lawrence Peterson was a seaman from Philadelphia who served aboard the merchant ship Nonsuch. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Peterson died on January 8, 1815, with phthisis recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.