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Cemetery NumberSK018
TownSOUTH KINGSTOWN
Cemetery NameTENNANT TEFFT LOT
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LocationDEER RIDGE WAY
StateRI
DirectionS
Pole Number 
Distance200
Map Number 
Page Number 
Plat Number 
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet35
Size in Feet85
Burials46
Inscriptions46
Fieldstones 
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2003
Newest1984
Oldest1791
VandalismN
Veteran0
Pole 
CommentThis cemetery is located behind the house at #42 Deer Ridge Way about two hundred feet from the road. It can also be reached from Watch Hill Way where it is fifty feet behind house #29 and #37. It is 85 feet x 35 feet, in fair condition, enclosed with a stone wall with an iron gate in the center of the south wall, and the historical cemetery sign is in good condition. There are 42 inscribed stones James N. Arnold visited this lot Feb. 25, 1880, his #19, “on land now belonging to Charles Holley southwest from house and orchard and northeast from old house whose chimney still stands is another Tefft burial yard, yard well protected with heavy stone wall.” Recorded by John Sterling and James Wheaton for a 2004 book on South Kingstown cemeteries.
Conditionfair
Enclosurestone wall
Gategate missing
Growthovergrown-weeds
Terrainlevel
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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