Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name HILL
First Name JOSIAH
Maiden
Relation H/O BARBARY
Cemetery Number EP003
Cemetery Name NEWMAN CEMETERY
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1751c
Death Day 0
Death Month MAY
Death Year 1779
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 28
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 2
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2009
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes same stone with wife, Barbary; "A soldier of the Revolution." [SAR: 1776 Priv. in Capt. A Washburn's Co.; Col. Mitchell's Reg't; 1777 in Capt. Well's CO.; Col. Noyes's Reg't; 1778 in Capt. Traffam's Co.; Col. Topham's Reg't; 1780 in Capt. Washburn's Co.; Col. Cary's Reg't]
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