| Cemetery Number | NT034 |
| Town | NEWPORT |
| Cemetery Name | GRAVES POINT LOT |
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| Graves List | Display Graves List |
| Location | OCEAN DRIVE |
| State | RI |
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| Inscriptions | 1 |
| Fieldstones | 1 |
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| Exist? | NO |
| Last seen date? | 1888 |
| Newest | 1772 |
| Oldest | 1772 |
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| Pole | N |
| Comment | Two stones, one with an inscription, recorded by G.H. Richardson in his scrapbook (Book 794, p. 46, print of microfilm at NHS). H.T. Tuckerman in his article "The Graves at Newport" (Harpers' Magazine, Aug. 1869, p. 372)
refers to the graves of shipwrecked sailors near Brenton reef. Richardson's
transcription is in fact for a 15 year-old who was drowned, whether from a
ship or not is not stated. The 1888 edition of G.M. Hopkins' "City Atlas of
Newport, Rhode Island," printed in Philadelphia, shows two rectangles
marked "graves 1772" on Graves Point between Ocean Avenue (now Ocean Drive)
and the sea. Richardson's sketch shows them on the other---the land---side
of the road. As they have long since been washed away, the matter is
academic.
Temporary cemetery number was NT505. |
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| Enclosure | no enclosure |
| Gate | no gate |
| Growth | grass-well kept |
| Terrain | level |
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