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Cemetery Number
NS031
Town
NORTH SMITHFIELD
Cemetery Name
OLD ALDRICH BG-HOTCHKISS CEME
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Location
GREAT ROAD
State
RI
Direction
S
Pole Number
Distance
30
Map Number
9
Page Number
9
Plat Number
410
Deed Book
Deed Page
Size in Feet
Size in Feet
Burials
102
Inscriptions
76
Fieldstones
0
Tombs
0
Exist?
YES
Last seen date?
Newest
1980
Oldest
1833
Vandalism
Y
Veteran
3
Pole
N
Comment
Covering an area of 1.00 acre, this cemetery is clearly laid out in the town of North Smithfield plat book. Its name is officially "Old Aldrich Burial Grounds of Hotchkiss Cemetery." It lies between "Old Town Burial Grounds" (NS036) to the West and "Union Cemetery Annex" (NS037) to the South and East. This cemetery as well as the two others mentioned are badly neglected and vandalized. Anyone working in NS031, NS036, & NS037 should look at these three cemeteries as one group. Without a proper land survey, it is almost impossible to determine where one cemetery ends and the others begin. In the case of stones which no longer exist but were mentioned in previous surveys, I have listed them where I felt the best belonged. This cemetery is laid out in small family plots as follows: Section "A"-Area surrounded by granite posts w/iron rails. Section "B"-Is an open area. Section "C"-Is an open area with corner posts only. Section "D"-Is a raised area with granite corner posts, no other borders. Section "E"-Is an open area between Sections "C" & "F". Section "F"-Is an area surrounded by granite posts w/iron rails and gate. Section "G"-Is an area surrounded by granite posts w/iron rails. Section "H"-Is an area surrounded by granite posts w/iron rails. Referred to in Union Cemetery Records as "Owen Allen Lot" Section "I"-Is an area surrounded by granite posts w/no rails. Referred to in Union Cemetery Records as "Andrew Potter Lot" Section "J"-Is a triangular lot surrounded on two sides by a dirt road which merge together at the tip of the triangle. Transcribed by Ethel M White Transcribed by Roger Beaudry during fall & early winter 1992 Transcribed by Grace G Tillinghast May 4, 1932. Her transcription can be found in Arnold's records Vol 25, pp 414-430 she lists it as "Old Cemetery at Union Village" Charles & Martha Benns transcribed a few stones under #230 in Vol IV page 69 Transcribed by Ron Farrar circa 1970. "Quaker Cemetery, 146A"
Condition
very poor
Enclosure
Gate
Growth
overgrown-trees
Terrain
level
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map
N/A
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