James Roberson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
James Roberson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4201578
Unit:
Merchant Ship Price
Date of Death:
1815-04-01
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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James Roberson was a 21-year-old seaman from Massachusetts who served aboard the merchant ship Price. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Roberson died of smallpox (variola) on April 1, 1815. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.