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Person Details
 
Last NameEVANS
First NameBENJAMIN
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberSM023
Cemetery NameELISHA EVANS LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year 
Death Day0
Death Month 
Death Year 
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00011
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shaperound top
Carving 
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)24
Stone Width (inches)12
Exists?
Last Seen Date1998
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"RI Militia, Revolutionary War" Government stone has been placed directly in front of a fieldstone marker. [SAR: 1778 in Capt. William Whipple's Co.; Col. Topham's Reg't; 1780 in Capt. Dan Mowry's Co.; Col. Peck's Reg't ; 1781 in Col. Whipple's Reg't; pensioner]
Transcribed ByGGT;BENNS615;RF;AFGS