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Person Details
Last Name
DAVIS
First Name
JOSHUA, MAJOR
Maiden
Relation
H/O SYBIL
Cemetery Number
NK006
Cemetery Name
MAJOR JOSHUA DAVIS LOT
Birth Day
10
Birth Month
NOV
Birth Year
1742
Death Day
12
Death Month
SEP
Death Year
1829
War
REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map
Stone Material
marble
Condition
good
Shape
round top
Carving
cross
Legibility
good
Number of Graves on Stone
1
Stone Height (inches)
32
Stone Width (inches)
13
Exists?
Last Seen Date
2012
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes
Modern stone erected after WW II by Mr. Phillips to replace original deteriorated sandstone marker. FS "J.D." 2nd R.I. Mil. Rev. War Benns, Burgess, Arnold list him as Capt. He is listed as Major in 1775 in the 2nd Kings County Regiment of the militia. [SAR: capt.]
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