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Cemetery NumberNT018
TownNEWPORT
Cemetery NameCOLLINS BURIAL GROUND
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LocationCASTLE HILL AVE
StateRI
DirectionS
Pole Number6
Distance25
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Page Number 
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Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet20
Size in Feet40
Inscriptions5
Fieldstones 
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date? 
Oldest1791
Newest1817
Enclosuremetal fence
Gateno gate
Terrainlevel
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.
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