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Cemetery NumberSM021
TownSMITHFIELD
Cemetery NameOBADIAH SMITH LOT
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LocationLIMEROCK ROAD
StateRI
DirectionNW
Pole Number29
Distance500
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Deed Page 
Size in Feet32
Size in Feet32
Burials7
Inscriptions6
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Exist?YES
Last seen date?2015
Newest1891
Oldest1828
VandalismY
Veteran 
PoleM
CommentTranscribed by Emma H Robertston 1937 (Vol 25 page 437). She describes lot as follows: "At Niles Dairy farm. This road is right of Douglas Pike, opposite Stillwater Road going from Providence." Ethel M White transcribed March 21, 1937 and described it as follows: "On Niles Dairy Farm - formerly Obadiah Smith's Farm, Limerock Rd, Lincoln, RI" Transcribed by Ron Farrar who describes lot as follows: "Limerock Road, opposite Clark Road" Transcribed by Roger Beaudry March 15, 1997. Lot sits at the highest point in the middle of a pasture and can be easily seen from the road. All stones are down and some are broken.
Conditionfair
Enclosuregranite posts/iron rails
Gateno gate
Growthovergrown-weeds
Terrainhilly moderate
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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