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Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Cemetery Number
WG026
Town
WEST GREENWICH
Cemetery Name
LABAN MATTESON LOT
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Location
WEAVER HILL RD NEAR ROUTE I95
State
RI
Direction
S
Pole Number
66.5
Distance
200
Map Number
Page Number
Plat Number
Deed Book
Deed Page
Size in Feet
50
Size in Feet
50
Inscriptions
13
Fieldstones
9
Tombs
Exist?
YES
Last seen date?
Newest
1869
Oldest
1833
Vandalism
Y
Veteran
Pole
F
Comment
Sand has been dug out all around the cemetery to build I-95. It now sits 50 ft. in the air on a sand hill. Can be seen from I-95. Recorded 10 May 1932 by Grace Tillinghast (JNA:30 pg103) "In woods on hill opposite Kitt's Corner School House." Two names were added (IBID) from "letters of E. D. Matteson, town clerk, in possession of Arthur James 1924" Charles & Martha Benns recorded this lot in 1940 their #937 Blanche Albro recorded this lot in the 1970s John Sterling recorded this lot in 1992 GPS coordinates 41 deg. 38' 33.468"N x 71 deg. 37' 25.176"W
Condition
poor
Enclosure
no enclosure
Gate
no gate
Growth
overgrown-trees
Terrain
hilly steep
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map
N/A
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