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Cemetery NumberBA001
TownBARRINGTON
Cemetery NameTYLER POINT BURIAL GROUND
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LocationTYLER POINT RD
StateRI
Direction 
Pole Number1
Distance15
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Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet210
Size in Feet150
Burials300
Inscriptions205
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Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2012
Newest1897
Oldest1702
VandalismN
Veteran21
Pole 
CommentAt the end of Tyler Point Road, where the Warren River splits into the Barrington and Palmer Rivers, near the Barrington Yacht Club. At the time that 20 Revolutionary War veterans were buried here, this ground was already an old cemetery. In his 1898 "History of Barrington, Rhode Island" Thomas W. Bicknell traces its history in detail (pp. 466-468). The cemetery is in the area of the first meeting house and training field, established at the end of King Philip's War. Although the town tried to acquire the burial ground as early as 1727, "New Meadow Neck Burial Ground" remained in private hands until March 18, 1854 when Jesse Davis and wife deeded it to the town. A photo of the training field and cemetery ca. 1898 appears on p. 464.
Conditiongood
Enclosurestone wall
Gateno gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainlevel
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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