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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name MOLTON
First Name MICHAEL, LIEUT.
Maiden
Relation H/O DOLLY
Cemetery Number NT003
Cemetery Name COMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1757c
Death Day 18
Death Month DEC
Death Year 1820
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 63
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section BE
Lot
Map 00078
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving urn/willow
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 28
Stone Width (inches) 20
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2007
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "A Revolutionary pensioner" "He was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and sustained the character of a brave and intrepid Officer and was actively and zealously engaged in the cause of his country during the whole of that memorable struggle." [SAR: 1775 ist Serg't Capt. Ebenezer Flagg's Co., Col. Perch's Reg't. 1776 Ensign in Capt. Reed's Co., Col. Varnum's Reg't. 1st. Lieut. In 2d Batt. Continental Line. Pension file #W12515] [Turner spells surname MOLTEN, but picture shows MOLTON. His wife stonespells the name MOLTEN] Rev War pension file W12515] [housewright]
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