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Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Cemetery NumberNT018
TownNEWPORT
Cemetery NameCOLLINS BURIAL GROUND
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LocationCASTLE HILL AVE
StateRI
DirectionS
Pole Number6
Distance25
Map Number 
Page Number 
Plat Number 
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet20
Size in Feet40
Burials6
Inscriptions5
Fieldstones 
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date? 
Newest1817
Oldest1791
VandalismN
Veteran1
PoleG
CommentSmall cemetery for members of the COLLINS family, including JOHN COLLINS, Governor of Rhode Island 1786-1790. A monument says the stones were restored and protected by Dr. John G. Warren of Boston and Andrew Collins of Lousiana in 1854. Transcribed by G.H. Richardson (GHR) in the Victorian period and by John Sterling (JES) in 1992.
Conditiongood
Enclosuremetal fence
Gateno gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainlevel
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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