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Cemetery NumberCR067
TownCRANSTON
Cemetery NameSAMUEL JOY BURIAL GROUND
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Location[REMOVED TO SWAN POINT CEMETERY (PV003)]
StateRI
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Burials18
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Last seen date?1917
Newest1884
Oldest1827
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CommentWas located on Dugway Hill - information from Elsie Williams & Swan Point records - removed in 1917 along with CR066, all marked with a large granite monument. James Arnold visited this lot 9 Nov 1890 (Vol 3, pg 251) On the old Joy Homestead farm [on Scituate Ave.] a few rods east of the house, a burial yard of the family, yard well protected by iron rails and granite posts and lot well cared for.
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