The epitaph reads: In Memory o(f) ELIZABETH daughter of BEN JAMIN and ELI ZABETH GAR DINER died May 29th 1786 in the 5th year of her Age
Gravestone at Rhode Island Historical Cemetery: Middletown #27 – Gardiner/Hopkins Lot Middletown, Rhode Island 11/09/24 🪦 #gravestone #cemetery #Graveyard #cemeteryphotography #middletown #RhodeIsland #rhodeislandcemetery
They most likely died of the same cause The epitaph reads: Here lieth two Negro Sarvants to Mr Edward Baner Frankey died Sep t ye 14 1732 & Judey died ye 20
Gravestone of two slaves buried together at Rhode Island Historical Cemetery: Newport #3 - Common Burial Ground God’s Little Acre section 10/17/24 🪦 #gravestone #cemetery #graveyard #CemeteryPhotography #Newport #RhodeIsland #RhodeIslandCemetery #GodsLittleAcre
The Epitaph reads: OUR BABE. ZANNA M. Daughter of JONATHAN N. & CAROLINE A. WOOD Died Feb. 22. 1864 Aged 10 mos. & 23 days.
Gravestone at Rhode Island Historical Cemetery: West Greenwich #15 – Greene-Waite Lot 10/21/24 🪦 #gravestone #cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #graveyard #WestGreenwich #RhodeIsland #RhodeIslandCemetery
The Epitaph reads: MERCY L. daughter of George T. & Mary E. BROWN. Died Jan. 17, 1892 Aged 19 years.
The last, and most famous, subject of the Rhode Island Vampire Panic
Gravestone of Mercy Brown at Rhode Island Historical Cemetery: Exeter #22 - Chestnut Hill Cemetery 10/21/24 🪦 #gravestone #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #graveyard #vampirepanic #Exeter #Rhodeisland #RhodeIslandCemetery
The Epitaph reads: ANN A NEGRO CHILD BELONGING TO ROBERT OLIVER & DAUGr TO HIS NEGRO (Worn off MI)MBO AGED 2 Yr DIED JUNE 1743
Another sad Gravestone of a slave child at Rhode Island Historical Cemetery: Newport #3 - Common Burial Ground God’s Little Acre section 10/17/24 🪦 #gravestone #cemetery #graveyard #CemeteryPhotography #Newport #RhodeIsland #RhodeIslandCemetery #GodsLittleAcre
The epitaph reads: In Memory of Peg a Negro Serv:t to Henry Bull Esqr died July Ye 25 1740 Aged 6 Years
Gravestone at Rhode Island Historical Cemetery - Newport #3: Common Burial Ground God’s Little Acre section 10/17/24 Of all the sad stones I come across this is one of the most depressing 🪦 #gravestone #cemetery #graveyard #cemeteryphotography #newport #RhodeIsland #RhodeIslandCemetery
