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Cemetery NumberWK054
TownWARWICK
Cemetery NameESSEX-CONGDON-SHIPPEE LOT
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LocationPOTOWOMET RD AT AUSTIN
StateRI
DirectionW
Pole Number23
Distance15
Map Number 
Page Number212
Plat Number5
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet210
Size in Feet75
Burials60
Inscriptions50
Fieldstones10
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest1927
Oldest1815
VandalismN
Veteran2
PoleN
CommentThis cemetery is located 15 ft west of Potowomut Road at Austin, at the southwest corner of Potowomut and Austin, at telephone pole #23. The cemetery is 210 ft x 75 ft, in good condition, enclosed with a stone wall with an iron gate. It contains 60 burials with 50 inscribed stones and 10 fieldstones. The historic cemetery sign is missing. It is on the tax assessor’s map, Plat #212, Lot #5. Howard Bucklin Smith recorded this cemetery for the Arnold collection 14 Oct. 1934 in Vol. 29, p. 208. Charles and Martha Benns visited in 1936, their #684. Recorded by John Sterling for a book on Warwick cemeteries.
Conditiongood
Enclosurestone wall
Gateiron gate
Growthovergrown-trees
Terrainlevel
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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