David Taylor is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
David Taylor
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405105
Unit:
Merchant Ship Portsmouth
Date of Death:
1815-06-19
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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David Taylor was a 19-year-old seaman from Philadelphia who served aboard the merchant ship Portsmouth. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Taylor died on June 19, 1815, with no cause of death recorded. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.