Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name BROWN
First Name JOHN, ESQ
Maiden
Relation H/O LOIS TAYLOR
Cemetery Number LC012
Cemetery Name OLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1761c
Death Day 18
Death Month NOV
Death Year 1840
AGE nth Year 80
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 0198
Stone Material marble
Condition good
Shape monument
Carving misc. other
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 8
Stone Height (inches) 67
Stone Width (inches) 24
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2010
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "Prisoner long detained below, Prisoner now with freedom blest, Welcomefrom a world of woe, welcome to a world of rest" [SAR: 1776 in Capt George Simmon's Co.; Col. Wm Richmond's Reg't; 1780 in Capt. John Davis's Co.; pensioner]
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