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Cemetery NumberSK016
TownSOUTH KINGSTOWN
Cemetery NameDAVID SHERMAN LOT
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LocationLIBERTY LANE
StateRI
DirectionS
Pole Number5455
Distance15
Map Number 
Page Number 
Plat Number 
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet40
Size in Feet60
Burials9
Inscriptions7
Fieldstones1
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2003
Newest1897
Oldest1837
VandalismN
Veteran0
PoleG
CommentThis cemetery is located fifteen feet south of Liberty Lane in the section east of the railroad tracks, at telephone pole # 5455. It is forty feet by sixty feet, in fair condition, enclosed with granite posts with an iron gate, and the historical cemetery sign is in good condition. The granite posts still have rusted metal hooks that once held wooden slats. Some slats can still be seen in the southwest corner. Remnants of a once beautiful cast iron Victorian gate remain. It contains eight burials marked by seven inscribed stones and one fieldstone. One interment was removed to Wakefield. James N. Arnold recorded this lot Feb. 24, 1880, his #15, “a burial yard of the Sherman family on south side of road a short distance southeast from the new depot at Kingston, lot fenced in with a good board fence.” Recorded by John Sterling and James Wheaton for a 2004 book on South Kingstown cemeteries.
Conditionfair
Enclosuregranite posts
Gateiron gate
Growthovergrown-weeds
Terrainlevel
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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