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Person Details
 
Last NameCARTER
First NameJOHN
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberPV011
Cemetery NameST JOHN'S CEMETERY
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1745c
Death Day19
Death MonthAUG
Death Year1814
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00057
Stone Materialmarble
Condition 
Shapefancy top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibility 
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)42
Stone Width (inches)24
Exists?
Last Seen Date1992
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"he was a native of Philadelphia where he served as an apprentice in the printing business of Dr. Franklin. He removed to Providence in 1767 and became proprietor and editor of the Providence Gazette which he conducted... through the whole period of the Revolutionary War." died: PROVIDENCE RI
Transcribed ByJCB,JES;CFB