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Cemetery NumberCY021
TownCOVENTRY
Cemetery NameWATERMAN-BATTEY CEMETERY
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Graves ListDisplay Graves List
LocationBOWEN HILL ROAD
StateRI
DirectionE
Pole Number9
Distance15
Map Number316
Page Number 
Plat Number66
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet150
Size in Feet75
Burials60
Inscriptions50
Fieldstones 
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest1926
Oldest1788
VandalismN
Veteran2
PoleG
CommentThe Waterman-Battey Cemetery is located 15 feet east of Bowen Hill Road at telephone pole # 9. It is 150 ft x 75 ft, in excellent condition, and enclosed with granite posts and iron rails with an iron gate. The historic cemetery sign in good condition. There are 48 burials with 33 inscribed stones. It is on the tax assessor’s map #316, Lot #66. James N. Arnold visited on 24 July 1905 and noted, “Near the Deacon Hawkins yard [CY022] is another of Battey and Waterman families” (Vol. 6, Book A, page 987). Charles and Martha Benns visited this cemetery in 1933, their #175. The cemetery was also transcribed by Amelia K. Whitford. Recorded by Dr. Bill Eddleman and John Sterling for a 1998 book on Coventry cemeteries
Conditionexcellent
Enclosuregranite posts/iron rails
Gateiron gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainlevel
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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