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Cemetery NumberRD065
TownRICHMOND
Cemetery NameEDWARD TEFFT LOT
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LocationRICHMOND TOWNHOUSE ROAD - ROUTE 112
StateRI
DirectionSW
Pole Number301-3
Distance2500
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Size in Feet80
Size in Feet100
Burials54
Inscriptions18
Fieldstones37
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest1889
Oldest1832
VandalismN
Veteran 
PoleN
Commentlocated 2500 feet southwest of Route #112 as measured by going through the entrance to the Washington County Fairgrounds. It is south of Grass Pond and northeast of the end of Fairside Drive. Charles & Martha Benns recorded this cemetery in 1939, their #771, "the above cemetery is now in the woods and overgrown with bushes and quite neglected, but several generations of this family are probably interred here. Carl Stoner recorded about 1975: "1/2 mile behind Paul DeGannett's house" On grounds of Washington Co. Fairgrounds. Follow road into fairgrounds for 2500 feet (almost one half mile. Cemetery is over the stone wall on the right. There are 37 fieldstone marked burials in this cemetery with at least one of them marked with initials and a date. (T. T. 1832). There are also a few fieldstones that are shaped with a tricorner top. There is 6 granite posts with rails in the NW corner with Edward, Nancy and two of their daughters.
Conditiongood
Enclosurestone wall
Gateno gate
Growthovergrown-trees
Terrainlevel
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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