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Cemetery NumberSK088
TownSOUTH KINGSTOWN
Cemetery NameJOHN WATSON LOT
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LocationTOWER HILL RD
StateRI
DirectionE
Pole Number56
Distance2050
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Page Number 
Plat Number 
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet50
Size in Feet90
Inscriptions12
Fieldstones31
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2002
Newest1877
Oldest1802
VandalismY
Veteran 
PoleM
CommentThis cemetery is located 2,050 feet east of Tower Hill Road at telephone pole #56. It can best be reached from #3642B Tower Hill Road. It is 455 feet behind the house in the edge of the woods. This is the Old Lead Mine Farm, north of Pettaquamscutt Rock. The cemetery is northwest of the lead mine. It is fifty feet by ninety feet, in poor condition because of heavy vandalism, with no enclosure; the historical cemetery sign is missing. It has 43 burials with twelve inscribed stones and 31 fieldstones. James N. Arnold recorded this lot July 31, 1880, his #107, “on land now belonging to Jesse V. B. Watson a short distance north of his house a burial yard of his family, lot not very well protected." Recorded by John Sterling and James Wheaton for a 2004 book on South Kingstown cemeteries.
Conditionpoor
Enclosureno enclosure
Gateno gate
Growthovergrown-trees
Terrainhilly moderate
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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