Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries

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Cemetery Number	LC012
Town	LITTLE COMPTON
Cemetery Name	OLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
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Graves List	Display Graves List
Location	MEETING HOUSE LANE AT THE COMMONS
State	RI
Direction	N
Pole Number	501
Distance	50
Map Number
Page Number	20
Plat Number	3
Deed Book
Deed Page
Size in Feet
Size in Feet
Inscriptions	978
Fieldstones
Tombs
Exist?	YES
Last seen date?
Newest	1995
Oldest	1690
Vandalism	N
Veteran
Pole	G
Comment	This magnificent cemetery is on the green in the center of Little Compton, next to the Congregational Church. This is what most people think a New England cemetery looks like, but it is not a typical Rhode Island cemetery. Little Compton was originally a Massachusetts town and its early structure, particularly the town green, was quitessential Massachusets. It became a Rhode Island town in 1746. Rhode Island towns had many small churches, most without cemeteries. Massachusets and Connecticut towns were actually parishes of the church in that town. The gravestones in this cemetery are numbered from 1 - 867 starting in the northwest corner of the green and proceeding east, row by row numbering from north to south. #1 -12 is row 1 #228-252 is row 13 #507-528 is row 25 #13-31 is row 2 #253-275 is row 14 #529-559 is row 26 #32-54 is row 3 #276-291 is row 15 #560-592 is row 27 #55-72 is row 4 #292-324 is row 16 #593-625 is row 28 #73-107 is row 5 #325-353 is row 17 #626-662 is row 29 #108-120 is row 6 #354-374 is row 18 #663-691 is row 30 #121-140 is row 7 #375-389 is row 19 #692-723 is row 31 #141-163 is row 8 #390-407 is row 20 #724-746 is row 32 #164-173 is row 9 #408-434 is row 21 #747-774 is row 33 #174-198 is row 10 #435-452 is row 22 #775-794 is row 34 #199-208 is row 11 #453-479 is row 23 #795-827 is row 35 #209-227 is row 12 #480-506 is row 24 #828-863 is row 36
Condition	good
Enclosure	no enclosure
Gate	no gate
Growth	grass-well kept
Terrain	level
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map	N/A

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