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Cemetery Number
JN030
Town
JOHNSTON
Cemetery Name
RUFUS SPRAGUE LOT
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Location
SITUATE AVE
State
RI
Direction
N
Pole Number
37
Distance
250
Map Number
Page Number
Plat Number
Deed Book
Deed Page
Size in Feet
20
Size in Feet
10
Inscriptions
4
Fieldstones
21
Tombs
Exist?
YES
Last seen date?
Newest
1825
Oldest
1795
Vandalism
Veteran
1
Pole
M
Comment
This cemetery is located 250 feet north of Situate Ave. and 370 feet east of Old Pocasset Road. It is across from the Ballard Truck Center. James N. Arnold recorded this lot his #107 May 17, 1891. (Bk. 3, pg. 174) (JN030). “On the north side of the Shunpike north east a matter of 40 rods from the corner of road leading north to Pocassett (sic) in midst of young sprouts without protection a burial lot where we find the following.” GGT 1930
Condition
poor
Enclosure
no enclosure
Gate
no gate
Growth
cleared
Terrain
level
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map
N/A
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