Memorials : 0
Location : Portsmouth, Newport County, USA
Website : rihistoriccemeteries.org/newsearchcemeterydetail.aspx?ceme_no=PO626
Coordinate : 41.6107280, -71.3203940
Description : PO626 Charles C. Maytum says that this cemetery was "located a short distance west of the approximate center of the Schoolhouse Swamp in an almost inaccessible area" ("Paragraphs on Early Prudence Island," 1964, p. 49). Though traditionally called Indian Cemetery by Prudence Islanders, Maytum believes it to be in fact a slave cemetery with perhaps a few graves of Indian slaves. He cites excavations as early as 1894. On his visit in 1956 he found six excavations and four plain fieldstones on opened graves in a dense briar patch of about 25 square feet. He quotes from Allen Evidence (presumably this... Read More

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    Indian Cemetery is located at Prudence Island Portsmouth, Newport County ,Rhode Island , 02835USA.

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    Latitude: 41.6107280
    Longitude: -71.3203940

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