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Cemetery Number
CR065
Town
CRANSTON
Cemetery Name
SLAVE CEMETERY - BAKER FAMILY
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Location
VALLEY VIEW DRIVE
State
RI
Direction
S
Pole Number
Distance
324
Map Number
Page Number
Plat Number
Deed Book
Deed Page
Size in Feet
30
Size in Feet
30
Inscriptions
0
Fieldstones
6
Tombs
Exist?
YES
Last seen date?
2013
Newest
Oldest
Vandalism
N
Veteran
Pole
N
Comment
Located 300 ft northeast of the Baker family lot (CR054). There is a new housing development (1998) 200 ft north of this cemetery. James N Arnold visited this lot 16 Aug 1891 (Vol 1, Pg 116) On the farm of the late John S. Baker, east of the house some distance on a small knoll, without protection, a burial yard of a dozen graves or less, that of slaves in the Baker family. None have inscribed stones.
Condition
fair
Enclosure
no enclosure
Gate
no gate
Growth
overgrown-trees
Terrain
hilly moderate
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map
N/A