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
Maiden
Relation H/O SARAH (SMITH)
Cemetery Number PV001
Cemetery Name NORTH BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 27
Birth Month JAN
Birth Year 1736
Death Day 20
Death Month SEP
Death Year 1803
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section AB
Lot
Map 01308
Stone Material marble
Condition poor
Shape box tomb
Carving no carving
Legibility poor
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 1994
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes built the house now belonging to the RI Historical Society called the John Brown House "Underneath this stone / are deposited the mortal / remains of / John Brown, / the enterprising / and accomplished Merchant: / the tried Patriot and / wise Legislator: / the universal Philanthropist / and sincere Christian."
Transcribed By JNA:FW;FTC,JES;VFL