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Person Details
 
Last NameSMITH
First NameJOHN, GOV
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberWK028
Cemetery NameSTONE CASTLE LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1602
Death Day0
Death MonthJUL
Death Year1663
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00018
Stone Materialfieldstone
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date1994
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
NotesPresident of the colony May 1649 - May 1650 & May 1652 - May 1653. The gravestone is an unmarked fieldstone, shaped with a head and shoulders next to a similar stone. A Governor's plaque was placed here, but only the base remains in 1994.
Transcribed ByJES