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Person Details
 
Last NameKNIGHT
First NameNEHEMIAH, HON
Maiden 
RelationH/O ELENOR; [S/O JEREMIAH & PENELOPE]
Cemetery NumberCR021
Cemetery NameNEHEMIAH KNIGHT LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1746c
Death Day15
Death MonthJUN
Death Year1808
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00006
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)52
Stone Width (inches)28
Exists?
Last Seen Date1995
CarverJ. J. F. [FENNER]
Notes/Misc Details
Notes'for forty years he possessed and never abused the confidence of his country' carved by Joseph J Fenner of Providence - a very large a beautiful stone [father of Gov. Nehemiah Rice Knight 1780-1854, for whom Knightsville was named (former name 'Monkeytown'] [SAR: 1777 census officer for Cranston; 1778 Serg;t in Capt. Fred Williams's Co.; Col. John Waterman's Reg't.; 1780 census officer for Cranston]
Transcribed ByJNA:48;GWB;JES;DWG