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Cemetery NumberNK040
TownNORTH KINGSTOWN
Cemetery NameOLD SHERMAN BURIAL GROUND
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LocationSLOCUM ROAD
StateRI
DirectionE
Pole Number 
Distance600
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Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet75
Size in Feet40
Inscriptions1
Fieldstones27
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest 
Oldest 
Vandalism 
Veteran1
Pole 
CommentOff east side of Slocum Rd north of Shermantown Rd. Take Thomas Anthony Road to cul-de-sac at end. Graveyard is to the left on a small hill across a gully. James Arnold visited this lot on 18 Mar 1880, his #19, "A short distance east of the house of the late William H. Knowles on sidehill is the old Sherman burial ground in which we count 30 large and 11 small graves all marked with rude stones only." "We are told by Mr. Austin then living on the place that the first Sherman who settle in this country is buried here but other yards claim similar honor and this fact remains for us to verify." Recorded by Althea McAleer, Beatrix Hoffius, and Deby Nunes for a 1992 book on North Kingstown cemeteries.
Conditionpoor
Enclosureno enclosure
Gateno gate
Growthovergrown-trees
Terrainhilly moderate
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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