Rank: Private
Unit: K Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: May 8, 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 33.
Date of birth: 1806
Hometown: Hampton City, Virginia
Occupation prior to enlistment: Silversmith
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 28 December 1840
Age at death: 33 or 34
Cause of death: Disease unknown
Location of fatality: Fort Reid, Florida (Sanford, Florida)
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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Note: He stood 5’8½” with hazel eyes, brown hair, and sandy complexion.
He deserted February 4, 1840 and apprehended: February 4, 1840.
Listed in Ponce de Leon Land and Florida War Record By George M. Brown.