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Person Details
Last Name
TEFFT
First Name
SARA
Maiden
Relation
[PROBABLY W/O JOSHUA TEFFT]
Cemetery Number
WK051
Cemetery Name
SARA TEFFT LOT
Birth Day
0
Birth Month
Birth Year
Death Day
16
Death Month
MAR
Death Year
1672
War
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map
Stone Material
fieldstone
Condition
fair
Shape
crude fieldstone
Carving
no carving
Legibility
fair
Number of Graves on Stone
1
Stone Height (inches)
40
Stone Width (inches)
17
Exists?
Last Seen Date
1996
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes
This crudely inscribed fieldstone was removed to the RI Historical Society and a slate stone 25" by 14" was put in its place. This stone is engraved "Here lieth the bodie of Sara Tefft interred March 16, 1842 in the 67th year of her age. The above is a copy from the original stone taken from this spot and deposited with RIHS. Erected 1868 by Rufus Greene." It is believed that this replacement stone inscription is incorrect as the Warwick town records show Sara Tefft died in childbirth in 1672.
Transcribed By
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