Cemetery Details
JM005 — CEDAR CEMETERY
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Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
| Cemetery Number | JM005 |
| Town | JAMESTOWN |
| Cemetery Name | CEDAR CEMETERY |
| Find A Grave | Go to Find a Grave |
| Graves List | Display Graves List |
| Location | ELDRED AVE |
| State | RI |
| Direction | N |
| Pole Number | 34 |
| Distance | 10 |
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| Size in Feet | 300 |
| Size in Feet | 300 |
| Inscriptions | 500 |
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| Exist? | YES |
| Last seen date? | |
| Oldest | 1697 |
| Newest | 2000 |
| Enclosure | stone wall |
| Gate | iron gate |
| Terrain | level |
| Comment | In 1861 Cedar Cemetery was established as a non-sectarian burial ground for the entire community. There were 42 lots laid out on one acre of land in the original Cedar Cemetery. Fifteen years later 38 more lots were added on an additional ¾ of an acre. The site was treated as a real estate subdivision, and purchases were recorded in the Land Evidence books at the Town Hall. This meant that the lot owners had to take care of their own little pieces of real estate in the cemetery. However, it turned out that not all plots were kept tidy, and by 1893 things had gotten so far out of control that a group of concerned lot owners formed the not-for-profit Cedar Cemetery Company to restore some order to the grounds. Under company management everything went along pretty well, and by 1915 almost all of the lots had been sold. At that time, John J. Watson Jr. donated about 2 ½ acres to the north, and in 1931 he gave about 5 ½ more acres along the east side and to the north to bring the cemetery to its present size. Lots in Cedar Cemetery are no longer sold as pieces of real estate: deeds give the purchaser the right of interment only. The Company provides perpetual care and supervision. |
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