Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name GARDNER
First Name LIMAS
Maiden
Relation W/O NEWPORT
Cemetery Number NT003
Cemetery Name COMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year
Death Day 13
Death Month JUL
Death Year 1821
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section BG
Lot
Map 00049
Stone Material slate
Condition poor
Shape fancy top
Carving no carving
Legibility poor
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2008
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes [Age broken off, but 13 children born 1778-1800. Her husband Newport, who died during a return to Africa, was "one of the community's most well-known and influential Africans" according to Richard Youngken, "African Americans in Newport," p.49. See this source for a capsule biography of Newport] year from footstone
Transcribed By AGB;JES;BA