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Cemetery NumberWG046
TownWEST GREENWICH
Cemetery NameMATTESON-WHITMAN-WOODWARD LOT
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LocationDIVISION ST - RESERVOIR AREA
StateRI
DirectionS
Pole Number277
Distance70
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Deed Page 
Size in Feet40
Size in Feet40
Burials34
Inscriptions9
Fieldstones25
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date? 
Newest1867
Oldest1831
VandalismY
Veteran 
Pole 
Comment0.8 miles west of Hopkins Hill Rd. & 300 ft west of WG047. In sand bank where road bulldozed. In 1992 only one stone remains. Rest probably buried under sand bank. In 2018 Brian Jaques probed and found 2 gravestones which he reset. James Arnold recorded this lot 25 Jun 1894 (JNA:30 pg54) "a few rods west of this yard [WG047] we find several lots, one nearest the road fenced, in poor condition." Recorded by Blanche Albro in the 1970s Recorded by John Sterling in 1992 GPS coordinates 41 deg. 38' 46.08"N x 71 deg. 35' 16.17"W
Conditionpoor
Enclosureno enclosure
Gateno gate
Growthovergrown-trees
Terrainhilly steep
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A