ALBROS IN THE RI HISTORICAL CEMETERIES TRANSCRIPTION PROJECT
(GROUPED BY CEMETERY LOCATION)

(Gloria Albro Silverman, 2002; updated June 2008)

Note: Please remember that the Cemetery Transcription Project is a work in progress. Some towns are completely done, while others are only half done. Probably 95% of all 17th, 18th and 19th century gravestones have been recorded, but probably less than half of the 20th century gravestones have been recorded. The cemeteries and listings are primarily 1647 to 1900. The goal of the project is older cemeteries that are no longer accepting burials. If a name is not listed it may not have been on the records obtained, and a volunteer has not yet walked the cemetery to verify and add records. In the table below, click on the name of a cemetery to see its detailed description.

CF001, MOSHASSUCK CEMETERY, LONSDALE AVE., CENTRAL FALLS, RI

ALBRO, John H. 1838-12FEB1890
, Sarah 1842-15JUN1926

CR002, POCASSET CEMETERY, DYER ST, CRANSTON, RI
à150 ft at tele. pole # 107

Thorpe, Maude C (Albro) No dates

CR020, KNIGHTVILLE MEETING HOUSE LOT, PARK AVE, CRANSTON, RI
à100 ft at Tele. pole # 10

Warner, Caroline (Albro) 1810c-1976

CR060STATE INSTITUTION CEMETERY, CRANSTON, RI
à100 ft east of Pontiac Ave

Lewis, Lydia (Albro) 1833-19DEC1910
Seeley, Julia A (Albro) 1841-7MAY1898

CY001JOSIAH POTTER CEMETERY, COVENTRY, RI
à200 ft east of POTTER RD at TEL pole # 12

Potter, Emma R (Albro) 1869-25AUG1951

CY030, PINE GROVE CEMETERY, WASHINGTON ST., COVENTRY, RI
à20 ft. S of tele. pole # 100

ALBRO, Phebe J. (Ross) 1852-28NOV1909

CY049, SMALL MAPLE ROOT CEMETERY, HILL FARM RD., COVENTRY, RI
à0 ft. W of tele. pole # 108

ALBRO, Beatrice Viola (Winward) 1920-31JUL1983
, Gerald Alanson 1951-11JUN1967
, Ralph Searles 1917-19JUN1997

CY050, PLAINLAND CEMETERY, HARKNEY HILL RD., COVENTRY, RI
à20 ft. S

ALBRO, Alanson Marcus 1852-27NOV1940
, Albert A. 1919-1941
, Barbara Capwell 1913-1926
, Barbara Kate 1929-14JAN1929
, Clara A. (Brant) 1883-AUG1979
, Dexter Beriah 1883-1960
, Dexter Beriah II 1924-24SEP1999
, Edward Mark 1874-1948
, Edwin A. 1911-1921
, Emily Elizabeth (Beattie) 1893-5JUN1981
, Eva May (Andrews) 1895-1933
, Evangeline Estelle (Capwell) 1861-22OCT1942
, James Greene 1891-24DEC1960
, James L. 1917-1920
, John Irus, Sr. 1897-31MAR1976
, Minnie Belle (Potter) 1884-1943
, Mildred Estelle 1921-1929
, Thurston 1893-20JUN1960
, Wilfred Preston 1902-1DEC1954
Bartlett, Lillian R (Albro) 1926-?
Matteson, Iva M (Albro) 1880-1942
Parker, Mildred P (Albro) 1890-8APR1976

CY059, GREENWOOD CEMETERY, FAIRVIEW AVE., COVENTRY, RI
à0 ft. W of tele. pole #59

ALBRO, George F. 1867-1911
, Jessie V. 1873-1941
, Josephine 1856-8SEP1880
, Mary Eliza 1849-15MAR1863
, Samuel Waite 1823-17JUN1896
, Sophia (Lewis) 1819-4MAY1896
Johnson, Silanda B (Albro) 1801c-18DEC1843
Remington, Hannah (Albro) 1816-1847
Remington, Susan (Albro) 1811-1896
Whitmarsh, Ella F (Albro) 1882-1976

CY066, WOODLAND CEMETERY, WASHINGTON ST. at KNOTTY OAK RD. à20 ft. NW

ALBRO, Almon Curtis 1855-31JAN1942
, Amasa J. 1905-1917
, Beatrice Viola (Card) 1914-
, Blanche Wilma (Fish) 1920-12JUN1999
, Doris E. (Walker) 1911-
, Edith Lewis 1878-1955
, Edna B. (Lovell) 1894-6MAY1968
, Estella (Howard) 1860-1908
, Evelyn M. (Pearson)  
, George B. 1890-31JUL1957
, George B. 1900-1918
, Georgianna (Vaughan) 1857-17JUL1933
, Henry R., Jr. 1921-AUG1981
, Henry R., Sr. 1887-SEP1968
, Horace H. 1861-1947
, Irus 1849-1925
, Julia Anna (Hall) 1816-16FEB1892
, Julia E. 1867-1953
, Lillian M. (Palmer) 1900-1951
, Lloyd C. 1910-1968
, Lucius 1849-1928
, Lucy Anna 1862-1949
, Mary J. (Harrington) 1877-1929
, Milton F. 1912-1950
, Nellie Louise (Carpenter)  
, Samuel 1809-26JUL1886
, Samuel V. 1883-1939
, William H. 1886-1918
Colvin, Hannah (Albro) 1888-1970
Mitchell, Matilda (Albro) 1803c-15MAR1885

CY069, OAKLAND CEMETERY, MAPLE AVE., COVENTRY, RI
à20 ft S of tele. pole #12

ALBRO, Daniel 1881-1942
, Ethel E. (Baton) 1932-
, Ethel G. (Anderson) 1883-1970
, Lloyd C., Jr. 1929-1987
Sweet, Helen (Albro) 1908-1976

CY109, MANCHESTER CEMETERY, WASHINGTON ST., COVENTRY, RI
à0 ft S

ALBRO, Baby Girl 1952-1952
, Adeline Amanda 1840-11APR1909
, Charlie B. 1861-29JUL1861
, Cynthia E. 1900-1944
, Elmer 1895-1946
, Frederick 1868-1948
Bowen, Mary A (Albro) 1833c-14JAN1883
Phillips, S Zadie (Albro) ?-1910

CY163, IRUS ALBRO FAMILY LOT, WATERMAN HILL RD., COVENTRY, RI
à400 ft. S of tele. pole # 103

ALBRO, Abby S. (Harris) 1807-22AUG1864
, Almy A. 1832-20MAY1864
, Beriah 1802-6JAN1895
, Edath (Lewis) 1778-26JAN1847
, Harriet A 1843-2FEB1854
, Irus 1777-1APR1833
, Irus Waite 1836-10AUG1837
, Maria Harris 1839-26DEC1896
, William 1840-12MAR1865
Atwood, Ruth (Albro) 1801c-21JUN1875
Jencks, A Frances (Albro) 1834-23NOV1877
Kenyon, Sally (Albro) 1807-11MAY1891
Stone, Eliza (Albro) 1821c-4MAY1851

EG026, GLENWOOD CEMETERY, CEDAR AVE., EAST GREENWICH, RI

ALBRO, R. Evelyn (Prud ????-1990

EG038, EAST GREENWICH CEMETERY, FIRST AVE., EAST GREENWICH, RI

ALBRO, Edmund B. 1824-30DEC1863

EX022, CHESTNUT HILL CEMETERY, VICTORY HIGHWAY, EXETER, RI
à20 ft. N of tele. pole #76

ALBRO, Alice 1805-1FEB1875
, Annie E. (Tisdale) 1896-19JUN1970
, Harry N. 1903-4APR1895
, Harry Nelson 1929-2MAY1937
, Mary A. (Gardiner) 1864-1946
, Valarie A. 1958-1959
, William Henry 1855-18APR1940
, William Lester 1901-1985

HP018, OAK GROVE CEMETERY, CEMETERY LN., (off Rt.3), HOPKINTON, RI
àfrom tele. pole. #8

ALBRO, Amos M. 1848-22JUN1911
, Annie E. (Crandall) 1852-15MAY1921
, Ruth M. 1886-9DEC1907

HP022, FIRST HOPKINTON CEMETERY, OLD CEMETERY RD., HOPKINTON, RI
à20 ft. N of tele. pole #919

ALBRO, Mary A. (Slack) 1828-24AUG1912
Hoxsie, Harriet A (Albro) 1850-1917

NK019, OLD BAPTIST CEMETERY, OLD BAPTIST RD., NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI
àof tele. pole #70

ALBRO, Alice 1719-20MAR1787
, Samuel 1717-26MAR1767

NK026, ELMGROVE CEMETERY, TOWER HILL RD., NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI
àof tele. pole #1685

ALBRO, Samuel 1780-28JUN1804
, Sarah 1750-1832
, Thomas, Esquire 1745-10AUG1832
Peck, Hattie G (Albro) 1888-1976

NK096, BERIAH BROWN LOT, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI
àwest of Scrabbletown Rd at tele. pole # 5

Phillips, Dorcas (Albro) 1741c-27MAR1772

NT001, ISLAND CEMETERY, WARNER ST., NEWPORT, RI
à20 ft. N of tele. pole #8

ALBRO, Alvin 1847-27OCT1847
, Ann 1809-29NOV1893
, Annie E. 1855-26NOV1863
, Annie L. 18??-?SEP18??
, Caroline K. 1845-7JUL1856
, Charles H. 1842-29JUN1843
, Etta 1865-31JAN1866
, James G. 1809-15MAR1880
, Jane (McGlone) 1838-1902
, John, Capt. no dates
, Rhoda 1783-21MAY1873
, Samuel 1836-3JAN1894
, Sophia B. (Gladding) 1833-3OCT1860
, Susan W. (Peabody) 1838-5NOV1886
, William 1833-1901
, Willie 185?-9SEP185?
Southwick, Fanny (Albro) 1805c-3APR1865
Underwood, Susan (Albro) 1805-15DEC1853
Stevens, Elizabeth (Albro) 1834-7JULY1866

NT003, COMMON BURIAL GROUND, FAREWELL ST., NEWPORT, RI
à20 ft. E

ALBRO, Abby A. 1844c -9SEP1844
, Agatha M. 1859-1915
, Annie U. 1885-1908
, Caroline 1809-13AUG1871
,Charles W. 1857-1858
, Elizabeth (Braman) 1773-14NOV1840
, Elizabeth 1801c-24NOV1820
, Ellen E. 1851c-3OCT1851
, Emily M. ? -11JUL188?
, Fred C. 1891-1950
, George W. 1813-8JUN1876
, Henry, Capt. 1771c-3MAR1827
, Herbert C. 1860-1909
, J. Frank 1814c-4OCT1870
, James 1775-1APR1830
, James G. ?-?
, Jane 1727c-25NOV1763
, Joseph P. 1850-1858
, Josephine A. 1856-16JAN1869
, Josiah, Jr. 1853-1892
, Lucy A. 1857-1947
, Mary E. 1843c-1MAR1920
, Mary E. 1834c -3OCT1909
, Mary L. 1889-1944
, Mattie A. 1861-1878
, Nelson T. 1855-1912
, Pamela 1819-17AUG1913
, Rhoda 1883c-21MAY1873
, Sally F. 1887-1914
, Sarah C. (Sweet) 1836-1916
, Stephen A. 1740c-15JUN1820
, Susan E. 1847-3FEB1863
, Waity Fellows (Freeborn) 1818c-18DEC1848
Downing, Sarah (Albro) 1793c-15SEP1865
Howard, Mary (Albro) 1800c-16OCT1870
James, Josephine (Albro) 1870-1963
Kirby, Carrie (Albro) 1858-1936

NT500, WILLOW CEMETERY, * LOST *, FAREWELL ST., (ISLAND CEMETERY), NEWPORT, RI

ALBRO, Daniel 1799-25OCT1857
, Hannah M. 1834-21NOV1865
, Martha 1793-15JUL1858
, Rhoda G. 1820-11SEP1847
, Sarah 1830-7NOV1849

PO009, ST.PAUL'S LOT, 2679 EAST MAIN RD., PORTSMOUTH, RI
àacross from Public Library

Holman, Hannah B (Albro) 1838-10JUN1919

PO013, SHERMAN LOT, EAST MAIN RD., PORTSMOUTH, RI
à5 ft. E of tele. pole #599

ALBRO, Elizabeth 1791-14AUG1850
Sherman, Mary (Albro) 1789-11AUG1864

PO016, UNION CEMETERY, EAST MAIN RD., PORTSMOUTH, RI
àof tele. pole #695

ALBRO, Franklin Thurston 1854-31JAN1863
, James Albert 1848-8NOV1866
, Oliver 1805-25NOV1867
, Phebe Lawton (Thurston) 1812-15OCT1894

PO019, TOWN FARM LOT, WEST MAIN RD., PORTSMOUTH, RI
àof tele. pole #161

ALBRO, Borden 1801-18JUL1873
, Caroline ? -30DEC185?
, Jarvis E. 1792-11APR1868
, Jonathan ? -11MAY185?
, Stephen 1805-23JUN1875

PO026, ALBRO FAMILY LOT, MITCHELL LN. (NEAR MIDDLETOWN BORDER), PORTSMOUTH, RI
à50 ft. N of tele. pole #85

ALBRO, David 1825-29JAN1906
, David 1772-14FEB1849
, Eliza (Manchester) 1801-22FEB1878
, Eliza M. 1855-2DEC1859
, Freeborn 1811-1898
, Hannah M. 1818-1862
, Isaac 1828-14NOV1904
, Isaac 1864-5APR1892
, Lucinda 1877-1JAN1884
, Mary E. (Dodge) 1839-1921
, Peleg 1800-5MAR1889
, Peleg 1850-17DEC1885
, Phebe 1775-9APR1841
, Rebecca 1815-1847
, Samuel M. 1823-16FEB1883
, Sarah A. 1832-30NOV1859

PO036, THOMAS CORNELL LOT, WEST MAIN RD., (BEHIND BAYVIEW ESTATES), PORTSMOUTH, RI
à1200 ft. W of tele. pole #170

ALBRO, Lydia P. 1793-8NOV1841

PV001, NORTH BURIAL GROUND, NORTH MAIN ST., PROVIDENCE, RI
à20 ft. W of tele. pole #140

ALBRO, Benjamin 1779-20MAY1865
, Benjamin T. 1812-30NOV1873
, Charles T. 1858-29JAN1919
, Delia M. ? -15MAR1888
, Elizabeth 1781-16JAN1867
, Fannie A. 1844-30SEP1924
, Hannah 1802-1952
, Hattie B. 1858-1934
, Lydia Ann (Sibley) 1813-28JAN1856
, Susan 1845-17MAY1857
, Susan S. (Sibley) 1820-5JUL1896
, Thomas B. 1834-22SEP1858
, William 1841-1878

PV003, SWAN POINT CEMETERY, BLACKSTONE BLVD., PROVIDENCE, RI
à20 ft. E of tele. pole #117

ALBRO, Alden H. 1832-28JUN1879
, Helen Mar (Garlin) 1833-2FEB1913
, Joseph 1796-11FEB1865
, Mary Lippitt (Wilson) 1850-14JUL1896
, Seth Macy 1849-14JUL1909
, Vendela (Lilly) 1887-28AUG1979

PW001, MINERAL SPRINGS CEMETERY, MINERAL SPRING AVE., PAWTUCKET, RI
à15 ft. N of tele. pole #4

ALBRO, Mary G. 1808-20FEB1858

RI001, RHODE ISLAND VETERANS CEMETERY, RT.2, EXETER, RI
à100 ft. W

ALBRO, Elmer R. 1919-4APR1993
, Francis James 1945-25AUG1997
, Laura 1911-6FEB1988

SCO77, JOSEPH PHILLIPS LOT, NIPMUC RD., SCITUATE, RI
à10 ft. E of tele. pole #20

ALBRO, Patience 1777-28FEB1879

SC079, POTTER-BURLINGAME LOT, NIPMUC RD., SCITUATE, RI
àof tele. pole #46

ALBRO, Caleb 1774-7SEP1853
, Huldah T. 1804-31JUL1832

SC083, COTTRELL LOT, SEVEN MILE RD., SCITUATE, RI
à15 ft. W of tele. pole #55

ALBRO, George B. 1842-14AUG1904

SC159, PARKER LOT, REMOVED TO ROCKLAND CEMETERY LOT, PLAINFIELD PIKE,
RT.14, SCITUATE, RI

ALBRO, Henry 1820-5OCT1850
, Lucy (Parker) 1814-22MAR1873
, Susan A. 1837-27SEP1837

SK006, OLD FERNWOOD CEMETERY, KINGSTON RD., SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI
à500 ft. N of tele. pole #475

ALBRO, Hannah 1786-5APR1856

SK016, DAVID SHERMAN LOT, LIBERTY LANE, SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI
à15 ft south of tele. pole #5455

Sherman, Salome (Albro) 1805c-24APR1860

SK037, OAKDELL CEMETERY, OAKDELL ST., PEACEDALE, SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI
à20 ft. N of tele. pole #1925

ALBRO, Infant 1869-9SEP1869
, Eliza H. (Taylor) 1829-5OCT1851
, Mary S. 1845-19FEB1846
, Nancy (Rose) 1826-9SEP1869
, Sarah G. (Kenyon) 1828-30MAR1905
, William H. 1824-13MAY1883
, William H., Jr. 1855-9SEP1856

SK043, RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, HIGH ST., WAKEFIELD, SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI
à300 ft. E of tele. pole #1785

ALBRO, Ada Merton (Smith) 1861-1912
, Alice E. (Potter)  
, Charles 1861-1937
, Ernest A. 1886-1886
, Inez V. 1886-1976
, John N. 1883-1959
, Mary Virginia (Adams) 1863-12OCT1898
, Roland G.  
Easterbrooks, Mary R (Albro) 1894-1984
Griffin, Elizabeth A (Albro) 1851-1940
Hass, Lucy A (Albro) 1887-1941
Rodman, Georgiana (Albro) 1852-2MAY1932
Stedman, Susan C (Albro) 1865-1931


, Samuel C. 1856-1940
, Sarah E. 1863-1938
, Thomas L. 1841-1919
, William H. 1884-1899

SK044, WAKEFIELD BAPTIST CEMETERY, MAIN ST., SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI
à50 ft. E of tele. pole #1136

ALBRO, John 1802-16JUN1855

SKO47, PERRYVILLE CHURCH CEMETERY, PERRYVILLE RD., SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI à15 ft. S

ALBRO, Alzadie (Tucker) 1862-1939
, C. Elsie 1893-1964
, Helen T. 1898-1962
, John 1858-6SEP1927
, John Stanton 1900-1974

WG002, PLAIN MEETING HOUSE CEMETERY, PLAIN MEETING HOUSE & LIBERTY HILL RD.,
WEST GREENWICH, RI à25 ft. N

ALBRO, Lamira (Austin) 1848-1931
, Wanton 1843-1916

WG127, ALBRO LOT, HOPKINS HILL RD., WEST GREENWICH, RI

ALBRO, Lydia 1780-5FEB1835

WK039, MARBLE LOT, WARWICK, RI
à15 ft east of MIDGIT Av. at TEL pole # 10.5

Marble, Rhoda (Albro) 1805c-9JUN1841

WK145, ALL SAINTS CEMETERY, GREENWICH AVE., RT.5, WARWICK, RI
à15 ft. SW of tele. pole #73

ALBRO, Florine M. 1891-1892
, Isabelle (Hughes) 1867-1936
, William P. 1869-1952

WR001, NORTH BURIAL GROUND, NORTH MAIN ST., WARREN, RI
à15 ft. E of tele. pole #12

ALBRO, Benjamin 1814-29OCT1886
, Elizabeth 1814-26JUL1890
, Henry Barton 1841-22APR1850
, Sarah Elizabeth 1848-9SEP1850

WR011, SOUTH BURIAL GROUND, SOWAMSET AVE., (off of North Main St.), WARREN, RI
à15 ft. of tele. pole #5

ALBRO, Harriet G. 1867-23MAY1946

WW015, ANTHONY RICE LOT, MAPLE AVE., WEST WARWICK, RI
à150 ft. W of tele. pole #24

ALBRO, Carrie 1892-1APR1892
, Waitie A. 1866-4MAY1892

WW030, NATICK CEMETERY, WAKEFIELD ST., WEST WARWICK, RI
à100 ft. S

ALBRO, Claryssa 1818-20APR1845

WW513, ROGERS LOT, * LOST *, PHENIX, WEST WARWICK, RI

ALBRO, Hannah W. (Greenwood) 1814-8MAR1835
, John G. 1835-15AUG1835

WY008, RIVER BEND CEMETERY, BEACH ST., WESTERLY, RI
à10 ft. W of tele. pole #2768

ALBRO, Edith O. 1864-1952
, Edward M. 1872-17AUG1872
, James A. 1869-1923
, Mary J. (Macomber) 1845-23NOV1873
, Robert Elmer 1874-8NOV1900
Phillips, Jane M (Albro) 1873-30OCT1922

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ALBRO CEMETERY DESCRIPTIONS:


HISTORICAL CEMETERY #CF001 MOSHASSUCK CEMETERY CENTRAL FALLS
Location: west of LONSDALE AVENUE
15,000 burials with 8,000 inscriptions from 1776 to 2001
Owner: Moshassuck Cemetery, 978 Lonsdale Ave, Central Falls, RI 02863-1719 401-723-1087
NOTE: Only cemetery in the city of Central Falls. Part of the cemetery is in the town of Lincoln. The records for this cemetery are being entered into the database and then they will be checked in the cemetery. About one half complete.
This cemetery has not been fully recorded.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #CY030 PINE GROVE CEMETERY COVENTRY RI
 Location: 20 ft south of WASHINGTON ST at TEL pole # 100
1900 burials with 1365 inscriptions from 1797 to 1991
NOTE: BRG 10 ->Anthony Tarbox Briggs; Amelia K. Whitford
opposite Woodland Cemetery CY066; next to Manchester CY109
Arnold visited this cemetery on November 22-27, 1904 and October 5-6 and November 29, 1905, Vol. 6, Books 18, 19, D and F; pages 334-448, 491-507, 649-772.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #CY049 SMALL MAPLE ROOT CEMETERY COVENTRY RI
 Location: 0 ft west of HILL FARM RD at TEL pole # 108
500 burials with 373 inscriptions from 1831 to 1993.
135 ft x 360 ft in excellent condition enclosed with a metal fence; sign in good condition.
Owner: Maple Root Baptist Church, 1625 Hill Farm Rd, Coventry, RI 02816 (401) 397-7402
NOTE: At the corner of Hill Farm and Harkney Hill Roads, bordered by a metal fence along Hill Farm Road on the east and by the Maple Root Baptist Church parking lot on the south. The cemetery is open on the west and north.
A few stones broken, but otherwise no signs of vandalism. Two plots are overgrown with weeds, but the cemetery is otherwise well cared for.
The gravestones in sect A #9-19 were moved here from West Warwick at Centerville beside the Railroad tracks. Arnold visited on October 13, 1905, Vol. 6, Book H, page 875, "The new cemetery at Maple Root is Northwest from Meeting House, yard much neglected."
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #CY050 PLAINLAND CEMETERY COVENTRY RI
 Location: 20 ft south of HARKNEY HILL RD
900 burials with 623 inscriptions from 1863 to 1994
Owner: Maple Root Baptist Church, 1625 Hill Farm Rd, Coventry, RI 02816 (401) 397-7402
NOTE: Most lots under perpetual care, but a few are overgrown with brush.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #CY059 GREENWOOD CEMETERY COVENTRY RI
 Location: 0 ft west of FAIRVIEW AVE at TEL pole # 59
7,000 burials with 4,456 inscriptions from 1796 to 1997
Greenwood Cemetery Association--contact information unknown
NOTE: Arnold visited on 8-17 November, 1904, Vol. 6, Books 12-15, pages 1-234 and Vol. 6, Book 17, pages 887-958, 'on Phenix Hill, some of these lots are well cared for, others more or less neglected, a fine receiving tomb in centre of yard'; Amelia K. Whitford. Sections A, C, and D have no marked burials. The new sections at the west edge of this cemetery were not recorded. All are 20th century burials. The land for this cemetery was purchased by William B. Spencer on April 23, 1858. Prior to 1857 this ground was covered with pines, oak, chestnut and other trees, which were cut down. Boulders were removed and a stonewall 2850 feet in length was built around a twelve acre lot. A gang of men worked for two years to prepare this cemetery for Mr. Spencer, at a cost of $10,000. The original plan had 609 lots of 20 x 30 feet. The original gate had nine foot high, 24" by 28" granite posts supporting two large iron gates. The gates are no longer there in 1997. 260 feet from the entrance is a receiving tomb large enough to hold forty bodies. The first body was put into the tomb October 23, 1858. There are 352 gravestones here that predate the cemetery. Many small farm cemeteries were moved here in the 19th century.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #CY066 WOODLAND CEMETERY COVENTRY RI
 Location: 20 ft northwest of WASHINGTON ST AT KNOTTY OAK RD.
5,000 burials with 3,771 inscriptions from 1787 to 1996
NOTE: Also known as Knotty Oak Cemetery - Superintendent Jerry Carlton 934-1355.
Arnold visited on November 17-23, 1904, Vol. 6, Book 15; and September 26-November 29,1905, Books D, E, and F, 'Village of Washington, R.I.'
Amelia K. Whitford; Benns 740
Records at town hall indicate the first lot was sold to Celia and Jane Kilton on November 19, 1874. There are 315 gravestones that predate this, indicating that there were many removals to this cemetery from small farm cemeteries shortly after the cemetery opened. There are 77 Civil War veterans buried here as noted on their gravestones and probably many more who did not indicate on the gravestone.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #CY069 OAKLAND CEMETERY COVENTRY RI
 Location: 20 ft south of MAPLE AVENUE at TEL pole # 12
2500 burials with 1775 inscriptions from 1844 to 1996
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #CY109 MANCHESTER CEMETERY COVENTRY RI
 Location: 0 ft south of WASHINGTON ST
2,000 burials with 1495 inscriptions from 1778 to 1996
NOTE: Amelia K. Whitford
Arnold visited on November 21, 1904, Vol. 6, Book 17, page 463 and on November 29,1905, Vol. 6, Book D, page 508, "At Knotty Oak east of end beside the N.Y. N.H. & H.R.R. track, are a number of burial lots. We commence with that of the Manchester lot at the north part of the burial lots. This part of the lots are some neglected as are also the fact with some of those to the south." Section A is surrounded by granite posts and rails.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #CY163 IRUS ALBRO LOT COVENTRY RI
 Location: 400 ft south of WATERMAN HILL RD at TEL pole # 103
18 burials with 17 inscriptions from 1833 to 1896
45 ft x 50 ft in excellent condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign not installed yet.
Tax Assessors Map #: 321 Plat #: Lot #: 38
NOTE: 400 ft on left up drive to residence at #175 Waterman Hill Rd. One of the best cut stone walls in Coventry, two feet thick. Benns 566. Arnold visited on July 25, 1905, Vol. 6, Book A, page 1032, "On the Col. Bowen farm now owned by Mr. Albro, lot well walled and fence in good order."
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #EG026 GLENWOOD CEMETERY EAST GREENWICH
CEDAR AVE
Owner: Glenwood Cemetery, Inc., 316 Cedar Ave., East Greenwich, RI 02881 (401) 884-0866
1200 burials with 990 inscriptions
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #EG038 EAST GREENWICH CEMETERY EAST GREENWICH
FIRST AVE
Owner: East Greenwich Cemetery, 101 Beachwood Dr., East Greenwich, RI 028818 (401) 884-2636
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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EXETER HISTORICAL CEMETERY #EX022 CHESTNUT HILL CEMETERY EXETER RI
 Location: 20 ft north of VICTORY HIGHWAY at TEL pole # 76
800 burials with 725 inscriptions from 1747 to 1992
500 ft x 900 ft in good condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign in good condition
Tax Assessors Map #: 24 Plat #: 1 Lot #: 19
Owner: Chestnut Hill Baptist Church, Victory Highway, Exeter, RI 02822 (401) 294-3755
NOTE: next to Chestnut Hill Baptist Church on Victory Highway.
Officially called the Exeter Cemetery - started in 1871
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #HP018 OAK GROVE CEMETERY HOPKINTON RI
 CEMETERY LANE (OFF RTE. 3) at TEL pole # 8
3,000 burials with 2196 inscriptions from 1757 to 1997
NOTE: Located on Cemetery Lane in Ashaway (Off Rte. 3 in back of the Ashaway Fire Department) and across from telephone pole #8.
Cemetery recorded by Gertrude Barrington; updated in 1997 by Gayle E. Waite. It is on the tax assessor's map #25, lot #153.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #HP022 FIRST HOPKINTON CEMETERY HOPKINTON RI
 Location: 20 ft north of OLD CEMETERY RD at TEL pole # 919
4,000 burials with 2888 inscriptions from 1718 to 1993
NOTE: The southwestern end of this cemetery is the old Sabbatarian Church Cemetery (designated as sect 'S').
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #NK019 OLD BAPTIST CEMETERY NORTH KINGSTOWN RI
 West of OLD BAPTIST ROAD at TEL pole # 70
200 burials
200 ft x 100 ft in good condition; sign ???
NOTE: On Old Baptist Road, near Stony Lane, rear of pole 70. The burial grounds are to the sides and rear of the Historic Six Principle Baptist Church. Harris visited this yard on 8 May 1881. It was also visited by Mrs. Lawrence.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #NK026 ELM GROVE CEMETERY NORTH KINGSTOWN RI
 East of TOWER HILL ROAD at TEL pole # 1685
10,000 burials with 9834 inscriptions
NOTE: Very large cemetery-many graves, many veterans, 44 acres, no records kept before 1912.
Recorded in 1881 by George Harris
Recorded in 1932 by Grace Tillinghast
Recorded in 1990s by Althea McAleer
Book published in 2000 documenting all stones and records.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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NEWPORT HISTORICAL CEMETERY #NT001 ISLAND CEMETERY NEWPORT RI
 Location: 20 ft north of WARNER ST at TEL pole # 8
10,000 burials
Owner: Island Cemetery Inc, Warner St., Newport, RI 02840 (401) 846-0432
NOTE: The "History of Newport County, Rhode Island," ed. Richard M. Bayles, NY, 1888 contains the following description of Island Cemetery: The town of Newport, on the 18th of May, 1836, purchased a tract of land, which was the beginning of the cemetery now known as the "Island Cemetery," on Warner street. Early the next year Mr. Henry Bull and William W. Freeborn were appointed to lay out the new burial ground. In 1839 a certain portion was surveyed and laid out into one hundred and thirty-six lots, each one rod square. These were offered for sale at moderate rates. In 1844 the balance of the purchase was laid out, avenues made, trees and shrubbery set out, and a substantial fence built, the wall and the gateway costing $831.33. In 1848 a company was formed to whom the town conveyed the grounds. The trustees of the "Island Cemetery Company" were authorized to take care of the property, to grant deeds of lots unsold and to adopt the necessary means for raising funds as might be required for the purposes of the new company. Several additions have been made to the original purchase,
thus affording better conveniences, and rendering this spot a fitting repository for the dead. Recently a fine freestone chapel has been built by the Honorable August Belmont, near the lot owned by him, wherein rest the remains of Commodore M.C. Perry. The grounds are
tastefully laid out and contain many beautiful lots, where the hand of affection has been lavish in its adornments, and loving hearts have reared elaborate and expensive monuments" (p. 543). Many of the earlier inscriptions were recorded by Dr. Henry E. Turner, who was involved in an official capacity (secretary of Willow Cemetery) with the cemetery. This manuscript is at the Newport Historical Society; typed transcriptions of it, unfortunately made after it had significantly deteriorated, are there and at the Rhode Island Historical Society. Turner's records have been entered and are coded HET. From the mid-1980's through the early 1990's Alden G. Beaman published a selective record of transcriptions in the Rhode Island Genealogical Register. He chose to record almost exclusively couples born before 1850, thus creating an excellent reference for marriages, but leaving out single
people and children. Beaman noted platform stones, group monuments, hedges, and otherwise fenced plots. Individual stones are mentioned only if the condition interferes with reading the inscription. His data has been entered and is coded AGB.
In January 1996 John Sterling visited Virginia Sampson who will mark her 70th anniversary working at the cemetery next year. When the Island Cemetery was incorporated in 1848, two cemeteries (New Burying Ground, 1840 and Willow Cemetery, 1852) were located on the grounds. Original lot deeds are in the safe. She says the cemetery has records for 11,409 interments, many on cards made in the 1920's by a previous superintendent. As of April 1996 we have 3,378 names from Island and another 165 from Willow for a total of 3,543 from this cemetery. It will be noted that quite a few of the names predate the official founding of the cemetery, perhaps moved by descendants to this more elegant burial ground or perhaps erected before the cemetery was incorporated.
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NEWPORT HISTORICAL CEMETERY #NT003 COMMON BURIAL GROUND NEWPORT RI
 Location: 20 ft east of FAREWELL ST
7500 burials
500 ft x 500 ft in fair condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign in good condition
NOTE: A land grant to Newport by Dr. James Clarke, 1640.
Bayles' "History of Newport County," NY, 1888, describes it thus:
"The Common Ground," so called, is the oldest public cemetery in Newport. It was laid out about 1665. It remains today in all its primitive surroundings, and the quaint headstones of common slate, with their rude inscriptions, awaken a feeling of veneration which surrounds this spot with no little degree of interest. Here may be seen the graves of many of the early governors of the colony, that of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the graves of our early merchants and clerical worthies. Many stones are dedicated to the memory of old sea captains. The cemetery contains twenty stones on which armorial ensigns are cut; all of these lie flat on the surface of the ground, and of course have, like most of the early stones in this ground, suffered every sort of injury, even in a few cases, wanton mutilation. Among the stones on which family arms are cut may be mentioned the Cranstons, Sanford, Bayley, Wanton, Thurston, Chaloner, Buckmaster, Freebody, Vernon, Ellery, Sears, Gardner and Ward. One might almost write a history of Newport in this common ground, so full are the inscriptions on the stones erected here" (pp. 542-543). The Common Burial Ground was described in a general way in a speech entitled "Newport Cemeteries" by the Hon. Robert Stilman Franklin. This speech was published as a Special Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society, No. Ten, Dec. 1913, in honor of Franklin, who had just died. The article has a number of interesting if fuzzy photos. Of particular interest are the stones in the northern section for slaves and indentured servants. Most of these are marked as Section 01, although those from CETA may be Sections 1, 2, or 3, grid blocks 16 through 23. Recording the inscriptions in our database, as in other forms of African-American research, is complicated by surname issues: too few and too many. Often we find first names only, either because the person may not have used a surname, or because the parents had different surnames because they belonged to different owners and thus the correct surname is not known. The surname usually that of the owner. Notes of ownership are more common in the pre-Revolutionary period than notes on blood relationships; if both are present, the owner relationship commonly precedes the blood relationship on the stone.
See James Garman's article "'Faithful and Loyal Servants': The Masking and Marking of Ethnicity in the Material Culture of Death" in "Volumes in Historical Archaeology," So. Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Univ. of S.C., 1992 for a technical analysis of this part of the cemetery, including transcriptions in chronological order (entered as JG). Richard Youngken's "African Americans in Newport 1700-1945" treats the community as a whole with several interesting photos of stones. Various attempts to catalogue the stones have been made over the years. Henry Turner in the late 19th century included sections in his general work on Newport cemeteries (ms at NHS, typed transcripts of it there and at RIHS). These names have been entered and coded HET. In 1903 the Newport City Council passed a resolution to make a map and index under the direction of the Committee on Burial Grounds, consisting of George W. Ritchie, William S. Rogers, Joan E. Leddy, and William H. Lawton, City Engineer. The Map and Index (both the original and a reproduction) are at Redwood Library, Newport. Under the direction of Edward W. Connelly in the 1970's, volunteers including members of Naval War College History Club transcribed index cards at NHS, annotated the grid map, and noted changes since 1903. Brush clearing, resetting, and photography of stones were carried out at the same time (see Edwin Connelly, "The First Progress Report to Beautify, Restore, Catalogue the Common Burying-Ground, Farewell Street" in "Newport History, #152, Fall, 1973, 46.4, pp.96-100). Some of this information has been entered as CETA or EWC. Another, published resource is Alden G. Beaman's "Births 1590-1930 from Newport Common Burial Ground Inscriptions" in RI Vital Records,New Series, vol.II, 1985. This alphabetical list contains a useful grid map, and all stones are keyed to the map; Beaman also offers brief descriptions of plots within the cemetery. Although this material has not been completely entered in the database, his transcription of the slave/servant section (RIGR 8, #2) has been entered and is coded AGB. As of June 18, 1996 4,669 names have been entered in the database. The Common Burial Ground may be a historically and socially invaluable resource, but it has a history of erratic maintenance. Currently (1997) efforts are once again underway to catalogue all stones.
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NEWPORT HISTORICAL CEMETERY #NT500 WILLOW CEMETERY NEWPORT RI
 FAREWELL ST. (ISLAND CEMETERY)
Owner: Island Cemetery Inc, Warner St., Newport, RI 02840(401)846-0432
NOTE: When Island Cemetery was incorporated in 1848, there were two cemeteries situated on the grounds: the "New Burying Ground" and Willow Cemetery. The original lot deed for Willow Cemetery, signed by Henry E. Turner, is dated 2 Jan. 1852; it is in the safe at Island Cemetery. Four file drawers there contain cards of lot maps and names, made by a previous superintendent in the 1920's. Although Dr. Turner lists transcriptions of stones in Willow Cemetery separately in his collection, other transcribers do not make a distinction, and Willow no longer has an identity as a separate cemetery.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #PO013 SHERMAN LOT PORTSMOUTH
Location: 5 ft east of EAST MAIN ROAD at TEL pole # 599
24 burials with 11 inscriptions from 1762 to 1864
NOTE: Transcribed by the anonymous author of "Rhode Island Tombstone
Inscriptions," typescript at RIHS, circa 1900. It was then on the
Grinnell farm. State resurvey of 1970 estimated 45 graves here. Eleven stones hidden by weeds and briars were transcribed by Patricia Bodine for CETA 4 Mar. 1976. Many stones were then very worn or defaced. 15 stones were recorded in 1989 by Ian Kohl.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #PO016 UNION CEMETERY PORTSMOUTH
East of EAST MAIN ROAD at TEL pole # 695
1,000 burials
100 ft x 1000 ft in good condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign ???
NOTE: Town Hall information says "this cemetery was started by the Portsmouth Christian Union Church (the building is now the museum of the Portsmouth Historical Society) at the corner of East Main Road and Union Avenue. The tiny pamphlet "By-Laws of the Union Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I." dates the actual incorporation of the cemetery to May 1897, though clearly many burials had previously taken place there. Many interesting Victorian stones and several elaborate cast metal markers.
Recording of a few names by Henry E. Turner (HET) and some veterans from a list at town hall (VET). Transcription begun by Cherry Bamberg (CFB) Aug.1998 divided the cemetery into Sections A (left of central road), B (right of central road), and C (the modern section at the back, beyond the road). Numbering in each section begins at the northwestern corner, i.e., closest to East Main Rd.
This cemetery has not been recorded.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #PO019 TOWN FARM LOT PORTSMOUTH
West of WEST MAIN ROAD at TEL pole # 161
41 burials
NOTE: The Portsmouth Asylum, the town poor farm. When the institution rules were formulated in 1838, the 11th rule included the provision that "All persons dying at the Assylum (sic), his or her relations or friends may have the liberty of burying them at their own expence (sic); but if at the town's expense, they may be buried at the Assylum or elsewhere at the discretion of the Commissioners" (repr. in John T. Pierce, Sr.'s "Historical Tracts of the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island," Portsmouth, 1991, p. 60). No transcription known at this time (1998); the 48 names entered in the database come not from gravestones, but from lists of "Inmates died at the Asylum" 1847-1875 in the "Book of Registry for the Portsmouth Asylum" at RIHS. The institution rules make it clear that some of these people may have been buried elsewhere.
Two people were buried here from outside the poor farm. An additional three names for a period preceding the RIHS records have been entered on the basis of Benjamin Pearce's coffin records (BP); these show inexpensive coffins for names marked "Town House."
In 1975 CETA gave the location as "on Raytheon property on the south side of their buildings," but they did not record the stones. Not found by Ian Kohl 1989.
This cemetery has not been recorded.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #PO026 ALBRO FAMILY LOT PORTSMOUTH
Location: 50 ft north of MITCHELL LANE, NEAR MIDDLETOWN BORDER at TEL pole # 85
18 burials with 16 inscriptions from 1841 to 1921
25 ft x 40 ft in fair condition enclosed with a stonewall; sign in fair condition
NOTE: This cemetery has been recorded by several people or groups: ANON,"Rhode Island Tombstone Inscriptions," circa 1900 at RIHS, Benns (BENNS606) in the 1930s, Danny and Patricia Bodine for CETA 27 Oct. 1975, MS in 1987, and Ian Kohl (IK) in 1989.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #PO036 THOMAS CORNELL LOT PORTSMOUTH
Location: 1200 ft west of WEST MAIN ROAD (BEHIND BAY VIEW ESTATES) at TEL pole # 170
25 burials with 15 inscriptions from 1740 to 1883
NOTE: On the Cornell Homestead, a grant to Thomas Cornell, Feb. 4,1646. As of 1998 this burial ground is hidden far behind Bay View Estates, in extensive brambles. Lane behind pole #170 to end of road (1/4 mile) mentioned in earlier transcriptions has been reclaimed by undergrowth. George H. Richardson (GHR) copied this lot in an undated visit, probably in the 1890s (Richardson Scrapbook 974 at NHS, p. 59). Entitled "A Cornell Corner," a transcription of 11 stones by the Rev. John Cornell was published in "The NY Genealogical and Biographical Record," XXXI, No. 1, Jan. 1900, p. 180.
He mentioned seeing also "stumps and remains of other tombstones" at that time. A photo of the lot appears in his book "Genealogy of the Cornell Family," New York, 1902. The stones were recorded by CETA circa 1975; they were copied and mapped by the Middletown Historical Society in Feb. 1987. Not mentioned by IK.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #PV001 NORTH BURIAL GROUND PROVIDENCE RI
 Location: 20 ft west of NORTH MAIN ST at TEL pole #140
100,000 burials with 40,000 inscriptions from 1711 to 2000
Owner: North Burial Ground Cemetery, 5 Branch Ave., Providence, RI 02904 (401) 331-0177
NOTE: This is a combination of three transcriptions:
  1. Frank Williamson (FW) done between 1857 and 1877 (in Arnold collection 295 pages, 5600 names).
  2. Frank Taylor Calef, MD (1875-1941)(FTC)done in 1923, 1500 pages, 7500 names
  3. John E. Sterling (JES) 1994-1997 - 30,000 names.

Many single marble or slate stones recorded by FW were later replaced by granite monuments. All of the data from transcriptions of both gravestones are included in this record with corrections where needed. Data added, but not found on the gravestone, is included in square brackets []. Where possible the map numbers assigned by Calef were preserved. The last few sections he recorded he skipped many stones, so these have been renumbered.
The Quaker Burial Ground located on the Grounds of North Burial Ground has been separated out and given the number PV018. This cemetery is 110 acres. It is the first public cemetery and oldest Providence cemetery still in existence. It was started by city ordinance in 1700. 13 Mar 1848 a city ordinance was passed requiring the superintendent to keep a record book. Before that time no records are available. This transcript is the only record for the first 150 years for this burial ground.
Section 'SS' is for single plots starting in 1886; at north end of the cemetery. Section 'FG' is the free ground or paupers sections. Section 'VA' is the Civil War veteran's section.
This cemetery has not been recorded.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #PV003 SWAN POINT CEMETERY PROVIDENCE RI
 Location: 20 ft east of BLACKSTONE BLVD at TEL pole # 117
38,000 burials with 18,000 inscriptions from to 1994
Owner: Swan Point Cemetery, 585 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI 02906 (401) 272-1314
NOTE: This transcript is from the cemeteries computerized records.
Map numbers that start with 'C' are cremations done at Swan Point but may not be buried there.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #PW001 MINERAL SPRINGS CEMETERY PAWTUCKET RI
 Location: 15 ft north of MINERAL SPRING AVE at TEL pole # 4
NOTE: data from Ethel White's notes: Grace G. Tillinghast recorded this cemetery on July 12, 1932. Her transcription can be found in Arnold's records, Volume 22 pages 1-107. Her description of cemetery is as follows: "There are many old graves in this cemetery, many stones broken or flat on the ground; many shattered or plastered over with a granular substance, making difficult to interpret or read. It was necessary to get a pick and pry up some of the stones, to read.
The seven tombs at eastern side are a unique feature and some are inscribed on door or above. Every tomb door was open and one flat on the ground. Debris piled in front of first one on the avenue. An ornamental iron fence near is broken and out of place."
        She also has a small transcription in Volume 15 (Lincoln, RI) on page 136. The date of transcription is November 22, 1930, and it simply says "Mineral Spring Cemetery, all this in one lot." I have put the letters "GGT" in the lot section to help distinguish this transcription. I am making the assumption that they belong in this cemetery.
Cemetery was also transcribed by Charles P & Martha A Benns in the 1930's. Their transcription consisted of only 13 names and can be found in Vol IV, page 75 and Vol V, page 71. They recorded cemetery as #739.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #SC077 JOSEPH PHILLIPS LOT SCITUATE RI
 Location: 10 ft east of NIPMUC RD at TEL pole # 20.
125 burials with 31 inscriptions from 1832 to 1959.
90 ft x 100 ft in good condition enclosed with granite posts and iron rails; sign in good condition
NOTE: Recorded by James Arnold 24 Oct 1904, Vol 5, pg 334, On the farm north of Nehemiah Potter place beside the road, lot protected by granite posts and iron rods in fair order.
Recorded in 1998 by Ford Hilton and John Sterling
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #SC079 POTTER-BURLINGAME LOT SCITUATE RI
 East of NIPMUC RD at TEL pole # 46
60 burials with 26 inscriptions from 1809 to 1887
NOTE: James N Arnold recorded this lot 24 Oct 1904 (Vol 5, Pg 344) On the Waterman James place, lot walled but overgrown with brush and shrubs beside the road.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #SC083 COTTRELL LOT SCITUATE RI
 Location: 15 ft west of SEVEN MILE RD at TEL pole # 55
900 burials with 680 inscriptions from 1819 to 1998
NOTE: 3 acres
James N. Arnold recorded this lot 8 Oct 1904 (Vol 4, Pg 244) At Fiskeville north of the village on the line road but on the Scituate side of said road, a cemetery most of which lots are in good condition and well kept. We commence our notes here on the west side and work on the north section toward the crest.
Note: SC221 - Walton cemetery is adjacent on south side.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #SC159 PARKER LOT SCITUATE RI
 [REMOVED TO ROCKLAND CEMETERY]
40 burials
NOTE: Reservoir map A5-#878, photo #259
James N Arnold recorded this lot 24 Aug 1904 (Vol 2, Pg 27) In the Parker yard near Parker grave and beside the trolley line and south of Parker crossing, lot well walled and yard in fine order.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #SK006 OLD FERNWOOD CEMETERY SOUTH KINGSTOWN RI
 Location: 500 ft north of KINGSTON RD at TEL pole # 475
600 burials with 427 inscriptions from 1813 to 1993
100 ft x 75 ft in good condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign ???
NOTE: Harris #11, 23 Feb 1880, On public road from Kingston to railroad depot yard well walled in, several beautiful evergreens around side of lot.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #SK037 OAKDELL CEMETERY-PEACEDALE SOUTH KINGSTOWN RI
 Location: 20 ft north of OAKDELL ST at TEL pole # 1925
1800 burials with 1470 inscriptions from 1835 to 1993
NOTE: Harris #56, 4 Mar 1880. This cemetery is one of the most vandalized in the state. In 1993 about 100 stones were down and or broken.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #SK043 RIVERSIDE CEMETERY-WAKEFIELD SOUTH KINGSTOWN RI
 Location: 300 ft east of HIGH ST at TEL pole # 1785
5000 burials with 4003 inscriptions from 1716 to 1993
NOTE: Harris #55, 2 Mar 1880; Riverside Cemetery at Wakefield.
Started in 1870 by Stephen Fisk, the first burial.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #SK044 WAKEFIELD BAPTIST CEMETERY SOUTH KINGSTOWN RI
 Location: 50 ft east of MAIN ST at TEL pole # 1136
112 burials with 112 inscriptions from 1834 to 1928
100 ft x 200 ft in good condition no enclosure; sign ???
NOTE: Harris #57, 4 & 5 Mar 1880; In the Baptist Church yard at Wakefield we find many stones from this cemetery were moved to Riverside Cemetery SK043. When George Harris recorded it in 1880 it was much larger.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #SK047 PERRYVILLE CHURCH CEMETERY SOUTH KINGSTOWN RI
 Location: 15 ft south of PERRYVILLE RD
596 burials with 594 inscriptions from 1811 to 1992
NOTE: Harris #161
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #WG002 PLAIN MEETING HOUSE WEST GREENWICH RI
 Location: 25 ft north of PLAIN MEETING HOUSE & LIBERTY HILL RD
320 burials with 311 inscriptions from 1799 to 1977
285 ft x 275 ft in fair condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign in fair condition
NOTE: rear of West Greenwich Baptist Church…many rare wild flower plants located here.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #WG127 ALBRO LOT WEST GREENWICH RI
 Location: HOPKINS HILL RD
6 burials with 1 inscription.
NOTE: left side of road going toward Henry Brown Rd, beyond road that opens to Tillinghast Cemetery.
James Arnold visited this lot 10 Jun 1894. "On the Hyde farm northwest of the house in corner of lot, not protected."
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #WK145 ALL SAINTS CEMETERY WARWICK RI
 Location: 15 ft southwest of GREENWICH AVE - ROUTE #5 at TEL pole # 73
2000 burials with 1524 inscriptions from 1890 to 1995
NOTE: Superintendent: Robert Gauthier
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #WR001 NORTH BURIAL GROUND WARREN RI
 Location: 15 ft east of NORTH MAIN ST at TEL pole # 12
1500 burials with 925 inscriptions from 1773 to 1929
300 ft x 500 ft in good condition enclosed with a metal fence; sign missing.
NOTE: This burial ground was started about 1773. The stone of John Thurber who died 19 Jul 1773 the first person buried in this cemetery. The stone of Lillis Cole who died 8 Mar 1775 says "This is ye 2d person buried in this ground which is given by Ebenezer Cole."
James N. Arnold recorded part of the north half of the cemetery in ____
Charles & Martha Benns recorded part of this cemetery in 1938.
John Sterling recorded the whole yard in 1999.
Section A extends from the north border to the road at the main gate and contains 380 stones.
Section B extends south from the central road to the road half way to the southern border (at the church).
Section C extends from this road half way to the church.
Section D is two lots wide at the south end of the cemetery next to the church.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #WR011 SOUTH BURIAL GROUND WARREN RI
 Location: 15 ft SOWAMSET AVE OFF NORTH MAIN ST at TEL pole # 5
3200 burials
Owner: South Burial Ground, Sowamsett Ave, Warren, RI 02885 401-245-1339
NOTE: Benns 753
This cemetery has not been completely recorded, only 4 sections have been completed
We need a volunteer!
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #WW015 ANTHONY RICE LOT WEST WARWICK RI
 Location: 150 ft west of MAPLE AVE at TEL pole # 24
42 burials with 35 inscriptions from 1834 to 1915
100 ft x 70 ft in fair condition enclosed with granite posts and iron rails; sign in good condition
NOTE: Arnold visited this lot Vol 4 Pg 387 "In Phenix between the railroad and the river on the west side of the river, yard some neglected."
Also in the Coventry transcript.
Arthur James visited this lot in 1930, Vol 6, Book J, Pg 1435; "Phenix Village, Maple Ave." 50 ft behind #76 Maple Ave.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #WW030 NATICK CEMETERY WEST WARWICK RI
 Location: 100 ft south of WAKEFIELD ST
152 burials with 147 inscriptions
350 ft x 150 ft in good condition enclosed with a metal fence; sign in good condition.
NOTE: 600 ft west of St. Joseph's Church
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #WW513 ROGERS LOT WEST WARWICK RI
 PHENIX
NOTE: Arnold visited this lot 25 Sep 1892; Vol 4 Pg 350-360. "On the
Atwood farm north of Phenix on the Ore Bed Road in open pasture and not protected"
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
This cemetery is not registered and has not been located.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #WY008 RIVER BEND CEMETERY WESTERLY RI
 Location: 10 ft west of BEACH ST at TEL pole # 2768
15,000 burials
Owner: River Bend Cemetery Co, 117 Beach St., Westerly, RI 02891 (401) 596-2724
NOTE: originally called Elm Grove. Recorded by Gertrude B. Barrington
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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RHODE ISLAND VETERANS CEMETERY
No description.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #: CR002 POCASSET CEMETERY CRANSTON RI
 Location: 150 ft DYER ST at TEL pole # 107
25000 burials with 15401 inscriptions from 1877 to 1999
Owner: Pocasset Cemetery, 417 Dyer Ave, Cranston, RI 02920-7008 401-944-2112.
NOTE: Incorporated in 1874 and the first burial was January 2 1877 - 390 stones in this cemetery predate this indicating many cemeteries moved into this cemetery. James Arnold recorded this cemetery 13 Nov 1892 (Vol 4, Pg 1-571) At Dyers Nursery is a large cemetery know under the incorporation act as Pocasset which started out as the family lot of Charles Dyer, which family lot has been enlarged several times but which now is enclosed by a suitable fence. South and southeast of this are various lots which have interments in them. The first in order will be the Dyer family enclosure which we proceed to give in the first notes here following. Gertrude Barrington recorded this cemetery in 1998-2000.
This cemetery has been recorded but not fully checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #: CR020 KNIGHTVILLE MEETING HOUSE LOT CRANSTON RI
 Location: 100 ft PARK AVE at TEL pole # 10
NOTE: Directly behind the meeting house. Sign says Cranston Cemetery #29; should be #20.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #: CR060 STATE INSTITUTION CEMETERY CRANSTON RI
 Location: 100 ft east of PONTIAC AVE
612 burials with 0 inscriptions from 1909 to 1927
NOTE: At junction of Pontiac Ave and Knight St. on Warwick-Cranston line next to the Pawtuxet River. Information from records of state institutions at Howard (mostly the Alms House). About 3/4 of people that died at the state institutions were claimed by their families for burial elsewhere. The rest were buried in paupers graves marked by concrete stones with numbers. Sockanosset Boy's School opened 1 Nov 1850. State Hospital for Insane opened 7 Nov 1870. Alms House opened Aug 1874.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #: CY001 JOSIAH POTTER CEMETERY COVENTRY RI
 Location: 200 ft east of POTTER RD at TEL pole #12
50 burials with 26 inscriptions from 1792 to 1971. 65 ft x 50 ft in excellent condition enclosed with a stone wall; sign in good condition. Tax Assessors Map # 326 Lot # 15.1
NOTE: North of Potter homestead, in field, easily seen from road. Magnificent wrought iron gate. Arnold visited on August 7, 1905, Vol.6, Book B, page 1112, "On the Potter farm on new road to Foster, and near the town line lot walled, fence in good order, lot in good condition."
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #: NK096 BERIAH BROWN NORTH KINGSTOWN RI
 Location: west of Scrabbletown Road at TEL pole # 5
208 burials with 8 inscriptions
Tax Assessor's Plat # 112 Lot # 27
NOTE: On Scrabbletown Rd, directly behind a restaurant, opposite pole 5. Entrance up an embankment, is marked by two granite posts, one marked ""1820". This is a large lot, surrounded by a stone wall. It is unkempt, littered, covered with brush and vines. Vandalized. Notes from Harris: "On land belonging to the heirs of the late Isaac Hall, beside public road a short distance northeast of his house is an ancient burial ground of the Brown family. From notes we learn In this lot is buried Beriah Brown, the first settler of this tract. His grave is in the southwest corner, and is a square tomb raised and covered with flat stones with no inscription. His descendants are buried in a row parallel (sic) with his running north. He came from England and settled here the latter part of the 17th century. He perfected his title May 27, 1709, after R.I. and Conn. had settled their dispute about the territory. Was born in England about 1640, emigrated here about 1670, died about the time of the great snowstorm of Feb 20, 1717." Harris seems to have gained access to a family bible or some other unknown source, as he identifies several unmarked fieldstone.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #: WK039 MARBLE LOT WARWICK RI
 Location: 15 ft east of MIDGIT AVE - NAUSAUKET SECTION at TEL pole #10.5
30 burials with 22 inscriptions from 1762 to 1860
100 ft x 50 ft in very poor condition no enclosure; sign missing.
Tax Assessors Plat # 367 Lot # 548
NOTE: Arnold visited this lot 11 Oct 1891; Vol. 4 Pg 198. On the farm on the east side of the Taylor farm across the road in open lot unprotected. Some stones moved to Warwick cemetery # 125 behind # 341 Providence St. Warwick about 1915. Heavily vandalized in 1970's and 1980's, only pieces of 5 stones could be found.
This cemetery has been recorded and checked.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #: SK016 DAVID SHERMAN LOT LIBERTY LANE SOUTH KINGSTOWN RI
 Location: 15 ft south of TEL pole # 5455
No description given.
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HISTORICAL CEMETERY #: PO009 ST.PAUL'S LOT PORTSMOUTH RI
 Location: east of EAST MAIN ROAD, across from public library.
1000 burials with 187 inscriptions from 1830 to 1975
NOTE: A large, active cemetery located at the rear of St.Paul's Episcopal Church, 2679 East Main Rd., Portsmouth; Office phone: 401-683-1164. 144 stones were recorded in the cemetery by CETA 1975 or 1976, but the transcription appears never to have been finished. As of 1989, Herbert F. Hall III was the grave digger.
Described but not recorded by Ian Kohl.
This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
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