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Cemetery Number
CY080
Town
COVENTRY
Cemetery Name
GREENE HOMESTEAD BURIAL GROUND
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Location
TAFT STREET
State
RI
Direction
E
Pole Number
7
Distance
610
Map Number
Page Number
Plat Number
Deed Book
Deed Page
Size in Feet
70
Size in Feet
69
Burials
16
Inscriptions
16
Fieldstones
0
Tombs
0
Exist?
YES
Last seen date?
2013
Newest
1899
Oldest
1786
Vandalism
Y
Veteran
1
Pole
G
Comment
This burial ground is located behind the Nathaniel Greene Homestead, 1500 feet east of Taft Street at telephone pole #7. It is 1300 feet behind the house on a hill high over Pawtuxet River. Most of the stones are down and broken. The cemetery is 75 ft x 75 ft, in poor condition, and enclosed with a stone wall. The historic cemetery sign is in good condition. There are 14 burials with 12 inscribed stones and two fieldstones. James N. Arnold visited this lot on 27 Sept. 1905 and noted, “Near the Quidneck Railroad bridge near the river and opposite from the Quidneck factory, lot walled in good order, yard same” (Vol. 6, Book E, page 1295). Recorded by Dr. Bill Eddleman and John Sterling for a 1998 book on Coventry cemeteries
Condition
poor
Enclosure
stone wall
Gate
no gate
Growth
cleared
Terrain
level
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map
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