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FEATURED CEMETERY PHOTO
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?
Oldest
1828
Newest
1869
Enclosure
no enclosure
Gate
no gate
Terrain
hilly steep
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
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