| Cemetery Number | CY053 |
| Town | COVENTRY |
| Cemetery Name | JOHNSON-KNIGHT LOT |
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| Location | COLVINTOWN ROAD |
| State | RI |
| Direction | W |
| Pole Number | 5 |
| Distance | 40 |
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| Size in Feet | 45 |
| Size in Feet | 15 |
| Burials | 8 |
| Inscriptions | 6 |
| Fieldstones | 0 |
| Tombs | 0 |
| Exist? | YES |
| Last seen date? | 2013 |
| Newest | 1908 |
| Oldest | 1815 |
| Vandalism | N |
| Veteran | 0 |
| Pole | G |
| Comment | This cemetery is located 40 feet west of Colvintown Road at telephone pole # 5. The cemetery is 45 ft x 15 ft, in excellent condition, and enclosed with granite posts and iron rails. The historic cemetery sign is in good condition. There are eight burials with six inscribed stones. The Knight burials are outside and immediately north of the enclosure.
James N. Arnold visited this lot on 7 Sept.1904 and noted, “Across the road from this last yard [Johnson-Knight Lot, Coventry Historical Cemetery #176], a small burial yard of the Johnson Family. Lot protected by granite posts and iron rods” (Vol. 6, Book J, page 1419).
Emma B. Shaw transcribed this lot in 1930.
Charles and Martha Benns transcribed this cemetery in 1936, their #537, “Scituate, near Hope.” Also transcribed by Briggs (#131).
Recorded by Dr. Bill Eddleman and John Sterling for a 1998 book on Coventry cemeteries |
| Condition | excellent |
| Enclosure | granite posts/iron rails |
| Gate | no gate |
| Growth | grass-well kept |
| Terrain | level |
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