Lawrence, Joel W.

Rank: Private

Unit: B Co, 2d Dragoons

Reenlisted: February 8, 1840 in Saint Augustine, Florida. He was 26.

Date of birth: 1814

Hometown: Putnam, Georgia

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 10 February 1840

Cause of death: Apoplexy

Location of fatality: Fort Searle, Florida (Bakersville, Florida)

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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida