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Cemetery NumberWG044
TownWEST GREENWICH
Cemetery NameSOLOMON WHITFORD LOT
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LocationHENRY BROWN ROAD
StateRI
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Size in Feet35
Size in Feet35
Burials20
Inscriptions4
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Exist?YES
Last seen date?2015
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Veteran0
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Comment0.8 miles west of Hopkins Hill Road there is a trail running north into the Nature Conservancy. There is a sign on a tree identifying this trail. Proceed on this looping trail for 1570 feet until the trail ends at a road. Turn right onto this road and go NW 720 feet over a causeway and ford. The cemetery is on the other side on the right. Blanche Albro recorded this cemetery in the 1970s and described it as "1/2 mile behind Harrington saw mill." The 1973 state registration list describes it as "in front of NEL pole #22 on Henry Brown Road, 1/2 mile in on a Sawmill Road, on the right hand side. Barbed wire fence and wooden gate." Within Big River Reservoir area. On their map it is shown south of Congdon Mill Road about 1/4 mile west of New London Turnpike. GPS coordinates 41 deg. 36' 50.20"N x 71 deg. 35' 07.61"W
Conditionfair
Enclosuremetal fence
Gatewooden gate
Growthcleared
Terrainhilly moderate
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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