Seaman
The Rolla
Privateer out of Baltimore
War of 1812
Prisoner of war
Cause of death: smallpox
"Rolla, schooner (privateer), G. Fellows, master, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Loire.."---American Vessels Captured By The British, the Essex Institute, 1911.
"In all there are 195 Americans listed in Admiralty records who died at Halifax, most of whom were probably buried on what we now call Deadman's Island, beside the earlier graves of French and Spanish sailors." --from Deadman's: Melville Island and its Burial Ground, Iris Shea & Heather Watts, p.32
The Rolla
Privateer out of Baltimore
War of 1812
Prisoner of war
Cause of death: smallpox
"Rolla, schooner (privateer), G. Fellows, master, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Loire.."---American Vessels Captured By The British, the Essex Institute, 1911.
"In all there are 195 Americans listed in Admiralty records who died at Halifax, most of whom were probably buried on what we now call Deadman's Island, beside the earlier graves of French and Spanish sailors." --from Deadman's: Melville Island and its Burial Ground, Iris Shea & Heather Watts, p.32
Seaman
The Rolla
Privateer out of Baltimore
War of 1812
Prisoner of war
Cause of death: smallpox
"Rolla, schooner (privateer), G. Fellows, master, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Loire.."---American Vessels Captured By The British, the Essex Institute, 1911.
"In all there are 195 Americans listed in Admiralty records who died at Halifax, most of whom were probably buried on what we now call Deadman's Island, beside the earlier graves of French and Spanish sailors." --from Deadman's: Melville Island and its Burial Ground, Iris Shea & Heather Watts, p.32
The Rolla
Privateer out of Baltimore
War of 1812
Prisoner of war
Cause of death: smallpox
"Rolla, schooner (privateer), G. Fellows, master, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Loire.."---American Vessels Captured By The British, the Essex Institute, 1911.
"In all there are 195 Americans listed in Admiralty records who died at Halifax, most of whom were probably buried on what we now call Deadman's Island, beside the earlier graves of French and Spanish sailors." --from Deadman's: Melville Island and its Burial Ground, Iris Shea & Heather Watts, p.32
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