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Cemetery NumberNK068
TownNORTH KINGSTOWN
Cemetery NameWILLETT-CARPENTER LOT
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LocationCARROLL ROAD
StateRI
DirectionN
Pole Number2526
Distance50
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Deed Book 
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Size in Feet40
Size in Feet40
Inscriptions18
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Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest 
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Vandalism 
Veteran0
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CommentLocated 50 feet north of Carroll Rd off the west side of Boston Neck Rd, in front of pole 2526. Lot is walled and well cared for. Arnold recorded this lot on 3 May 1880, his #57, "on land of the Rev. Jas H. Carpenter near the public road is an ancient yard of his ancestors. Lot walled and planted with evergreens. Wall in good order, inside becoming full of briers." On the same day he entered the following as lot LVIII: "On knoll a few rods south west from the above yard on opposite side of road in open lot and unprotected is a burial yard containing 10 graves we are told were slaves of the Willett and Carpenter families. Whether there were more graves we know not, though the plow has run fearfully close." No trace found in 1989. Recorded by Althea McAleer, Beatrix Hoffius, and Deby Nunes for a 1992 book on North Kingstown cemeteries.
Conditiongood
Enclosurestone wall
Gate 
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainlevel
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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