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Cemetery NumberNT017
TownNEWPORT
Cemetery NameFORT ADAMS CEMETERY
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LocationOCEAN DR
StateRI
DirectionW
Pole Number 
Distance2000
Map Number 
Page Number 
Plat Number 
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet150
Size in Feet200
Burials250
Inscriptions 
Fieldstones 
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date? 
Newest1992
Oldest1836
VandalismN
Veteran25
Pole 
CommentMargaret Beaman's note with 8 transcriptions: "This is a military cemetery with the graves in meticulously straight rows which are widely separated. It is in a field (park) near the Ocean (Narragansett Bay) and fenced with a neat hedge. The older graves are nearer the Ocean. The last 2-4 rows furthest removed from the Ocean are of persons who died in the 1930's and 1940's. Many of the stones give only a death date with no birth date or age at death. In a few rows from the most recent graves are those who died in World War I and the 1920's. Most persons in the military cemetery died young; it is probably for this reason that we found no husband and wife both buried together in this cemetery." (1991) Her transcriptions are coded MB. In 1995 John Sterling transcribed all the stones and input the data under the code JES. GPS coordinates 41 deg. 28' 21.55"N x 71 deg. 20' 40.77"W
Conditionexcellent
Enclosure 
Gateno gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainlevel
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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