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Cemetery NumberCY070
TownCOVENTRY
Cemetery NameELKANAH JOHNSON LOT
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LocationSO. MAIN STREET AT JUNCTION WITH TIOGUE AVE
StateRI
DirectionNW
Pole Number50
Distance500
Map Number 
Page Number 
Plat Number 
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet20
Size in Feet20
Burials10
Inscriptions3
Fieldstones10
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest1771
Oldest1748
VandalismN
Veteran 
PoleG
CommentThis lot is located 500 feet north of South Main Street at the junction with Tiogue Avenue at telephone pole #50, behind St. John and Paul Church. This cemetery is 20 ft x 20 ft, in good condition, and enclosed with granite posts and iron rails. The historic cemetery sign is in good condition. There are 10 burials with four inscribed stones and 10 fieldstones. Grace G. Tillinghast visited this lot on 28 Oct. 1930 and noted, “Right hand side of road near centre of Spring Lake” (in Arnold records, Vol. 6, page 1452). Charles and Martha Benns transcribed this lot in 1934, their #291a. Recorded by Dr. Bill Eddleman and John Sterling for a 1998 book on Coventry cemeteries
Conditiongood
Enclosuregranite posts/iron rails
Gateno gate
Growthcleared
Terrainlevel
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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