| Cemetery Number | EX108 |
| Town | EXETER |
| Cemetery Name | JONATHAN LEWIS LOT |
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| Graves List | Display Graves List |
| Location | AUSTIN FARM RD |
| State | RI |
| Direction | S |
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| Distance | 50 |
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| Size in Feet | 40 |
| Size in Feet | 50 |
| Burials | 11 |
| Inscriptions | 0 |
| Fieldstones | 11 |
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| Exist? | YES |
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| Vandalism | N |
| Veteran | 0 |
| Pole | N |
| Comment | 50 ft east of bridge over Flat River, about 5/8 mi. west of Frosty Hollow Rd.
There is strong evidence this cemetery could hold the remains of Jonathan Lewis.
Research eventually brought me [Michael] to the Exeter Public Library where I found some Lewis Family documentation. According to a family descendant, "Jonathan Lewis Jr. born 1744, built a house in the town of Exeter, R.I., at a place known then and now as Lewis City. The city consisted of three houses, the one he built was on the east side of the river and on the north side of the road. On the opposite side of the river were two houses, one on each side of the road. The one on the north side was built by his son Benjamin at a later date. The one on the south side was built by a Lewis, cousin of the others. Opposite the house that he built and on the south side of the road was a cemetery, or graveyard, in which he was buried."
This cemetery was found, registered and recorded by John Sterling & James Good for their 1994 book on Exeter cemeteries. |
| Condition | fair |
| Enclosure | stone wall |
| Gate | no gate |
| Growth | overgrown-trees |
| Terrain | level |
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