I am trying to figure out what cemetery in EG could be referred to as "Village Cemetery". I found an entry in the "Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Veterans" database on Ancestry for James Lockerin, private, Company A, 4th RI Infantry. Cemetery was listed as Village Cemetery in East Greenwich, Kent County, RI. He died on 25 July 1875 and D.W. Whitney supplied the stone with the contract dated 29 M??[Mar?] 1879. I checked Bruce McGunnigle's book, but I cannot find anything for this cemetery name. I suspect that it is an alternate name for one of the other cemeteries, and I would like to verify which one. I have also checked Warwick cemeteries, but have not been able to find this. James died in EG. In his estate papers, there was also mention of a piece of real estate in the "compact" part of town. Anyone able to shed light on this?

BTW, James' last name was spelled in a number of exceedingly creative fashions: Lockery, Loughery, Loughrey, Loughry, Loughlin, Lochery, Locherin , etc...

Thanks for any help anyone can give...

Sarah Nesnow
Warwick, RI

There's a James Lockerin listed on The R.I. Historical Cemetery Transcription site. The code EG039 to the right of his name means he's buried at St Patrick's Cemetery on 6th Ave in East Greenwich. Not sure if this is the James you're looking for because no birth/death dates were given.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/cemetery...

I live on the West Coast and am not as familiar with Kent Co. history as I want to be. I have an ancestor who took an oath of fidelity in Coventry, Kent Co., RI in Sept. 1776. He was also listed in Coventry in the military census of 1774. To date, I have not been able to find out anything else about this particular ancestor during those years. Would someone from the Coventry area please respond with some hints about researching in that vicinity and time?

Thank you.

Sally Holcombe
Walnut Creek, California

Records for Coventry at that time are at the Coventry Town Hall. However, it was not mandatory by law for people to officially record births, marriages, and deaths until the mid-1950s, so many individuals are missing from the town records before that time. Old records of all the cities and towns have been published as the series "Vital Record of RI" by James N. Arnold, available in many libraries and also online with membership at New England Historic Genealogical Society. You could also check the RI Cemetery Database online, which lists most historical cemeteries in RI. Let me know if I can be of further help.