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Cemetery NumberEX036
TownEXETER
Cemetery NameJOHN SWEET LOT
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LocationON GROUNDS OF VETERANS CEMETERY
StateRI
Direction 
Pole Number 
Distance 
Map Number67
Page Number1
Plat Number7
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet25
Size in Feet25
Burials9
Inscriptions8
Fieldstones1
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest 
Oldest 
VandalismN
Veteran 
PoleF
CommentLocated in the southwest corner of the veterans cemetery. In the early 1980s this cemetery was moved about 400 ft south from burial field 'A2' to edge of Veteran's Cemetery James Arnold recorded this lot 21 Mar 1880 (his #9) "In the Sweet burial yard on land of John S G Sweet." Recorded by John Sterling & James Good for their 1994 book on Exeter cemeteries.
Conditiongood
Enclosureno enclosure
Gateno gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainlevel
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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