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Cemetery NumberWY032
TownWESTERLY
Cemetery NameBENJAMIN YORK GROUND
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LocationWOODY HILL RD
StateRI
DirectionE
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Distance1600
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Burials9
Inscriptions3
Fieldstones6
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest1863
Oldest1838
VandalismN
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CommentLocated 1600 feet east of Woody Hill Road. Just north of the 16th hole of Shelter Harbor Golf Club Rev. Frederic Denison recorded this lot in 1867-8: "This is in the eastern part of the town, in the Thirteenth School District, more than half a mile north of the post-road, on the north side of the driftway, about a quarter of a mile north of the York residence, in a pasture inclosed by a wall. Though with unlettered stones, here lie Edwin and Deborah Rider and William and Hannah York. Benjamin York died near 1835 age 84; and his wife Desire York, died near 1855 age 85. James York and his wife Martha York. One lettered stone reads Isaac York."
Conditionfair
Enclosurestone wall
Gateno gate
Growthovergrown-trees
Terrainlevel
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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