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Cemetery NumberNT032
TownNEWPORT
Cemetery NameGOAT ISLAND BURIAL GROUND
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Location[REMOVED FROM GOAT ISLAND]
StateRI
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Newest1739
Oldest1739
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CommentWe only know about this burial ground by the ledger stone for Samuel Carr and his daughter that is leaning against the side wall of the Newport Historical Society and by the George Richardson transcript of 1894. He notes: "North end of torpedo station - Goat Island … the father and daughter died of small pox which was quite prevalent at Newport at this time (1739)."
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