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Cemetery NumberPO042
TownPORTSMOUTH
Cemetery NameCHASE & CORY LOT
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LocationWEST MAIN ROAD (IN FRONT OF #362)
StateRI
DirectionE
Pole Number30
Distance10
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Page Number 
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Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet 
Size in Feet 
Inscriptions8
Fieldstones 
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2008
Newest1883
Oldest1835
Vandalism 
Veteran0
PoleG
CommentThis cemetery is located 10 feet east of West Main Road in fron of #362 West Main Road. In the town numbering this lot is #37, but an annotation on the town hall info suggests that it is actually PO042. Called #42 in the resurvey of 1970. ANON, "Rhode Island Tombstone Inscriptions," circa 1900 at RIHS, lists 8 inscriptions from the "Cory Family Cemetery on Richard R. Macomber Farm, Lehigh Hill, Portsmouth." On a visit 10 Apr. 1976 for CETA, Patricia Bodine was unable to read nine slates because of wear, found only 6 readable stones. She reported that the cemetery was then used as a rubbish pile for the owner's lawn and tree trimmings. Ian Kohl (IK) transcribed four of the six stones remaining in 1989, noted that the lot was covered with brush and trees.
Conditionfair
Enclosurestone wall
Gateno gate
Growthcleared
Terrainlevel
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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