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Cemetery NumberJN044
TownJOHNSTON
Cemetery NameDAILY-CEASAR LOT
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LocationBORDEN AVE
StateRI
DirectionE
Pole Number37
Distance15
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Size in Feet50
Size in Feet100
Inscriptions4
Fieldstones84
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Exist?YES
Last seen date? 
Newest1849
Oldest1826
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CommentThis cemetery is located next to Borden Ave. on the east side, and 150 feet south of Hartford Ave. James N. Arnold recorded this lot - 28) – May 3, 1891. (Bk. 1, pg. 310) (JN044). β€œOn the Hartford Pike at its junction with Borden lane on the south side, lot partly protected although much neglected. This is a yard of colored people and ____? Should suppose that there were in the neighborhood of two hundred interments three graves only have inscribed stones the rest have rude marks only.” Grace G Tillinghast recorded this lot 8 Nov 1930. "note: Benjamin Onsley says that this is an Indian Burial ground, and his grandfather was buried there. Grandmother Dolly Eaton Walmsley or Wamsley, name now Onsley. Benjamin lives Morgan Ave. Dolly buried in Pocasset Cemetery.
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Enclosureno enclosure
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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