Coventry in Kent County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)
The Nathanael Greene Homestead Cemetery
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, May 16, 2015
1. The Nathanael Greene Homestead Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
The Nathanael Greene Homestead Cemetery. .
Cemetery History. The first Greene family interment occurred in 1786 with the death of Miss Margaret Greene, daughter of Jacob (General Greene’s brother) and Margaret Greene. There are seventeen identified interments in the cemetery and four fieldstones. According to a Providence Journal article from 1859, these fieldstones represent four Revolutionary War soldiers infirmed at the Homestead for smallpox, before succumbing to the disease. There is no other documentation to substantiate this claim. The following photograph shows the cemetery as it appeared in 1914.
< Photograph on marker >, Burial Site for General Nathanael Greene. At the time of General Greene’s death, in 1786, he lived at Mulberry Grove, Georgia with his wife, Catharine (Caty), and their five children. He was laid to rest, in the burial vault of John Graham, who had been the Lieutenant Governor for the colony of Georgia. The burial site had been forgotten until the early twentieth century when efforts were made to locate the burial site. After a lengthy search, General Greene’s remains were discovered in the graham vault, in 1901. By 1902, General Greene’s remains were reinterred under a monument at Johnson Square, in Savannah, Georgia., Caty moved her family to Dungeness, on Cumberland Island, Georgia (property given to General Greene after the Revolutionary War) twelve years after Nathanael’s death. Caty died in 1814 and is buried there.
Interred. Jacob Greene, b. 03/07/1739-40 d. 11/08/1808, age 69, older brother to Nathanael Greene Margaret (Peggy) Greene, b. 04/28/1740 12/13/1802, age 63, wife of Jacob Greene Dr. Jabez Greene,b. 1770 d. 02/07/1808, age 38, son of Jacob and Margaret Greene Margaret Greene, d. 03/07/1786, age 14, son of Jacob and Margaret Greene Jacob Varnum Greene, b. 1772 d. 07/15/1815, age 42, son of Jacob and Margaret Greene Patience (Cox) Greene, b. 04/13/1779 d. 09/29/1866, age 87, wife of Jacob Varnum Greene, Patience Cox married: 1. Josiah Randall 2. Jacob Varnum Greene 3. Reverend Jonathan Smith (Baptist clergyman) Josiah Randall, b. 1782 d. 05/17/13, age 31, first husband of Patience (Cox) Smith Elizabeth C. Randall,d. 12/16/1810, age 6 years, 2 months, 2 days, daughter of Josiah and Patience (Cox) Randall Samuel Randall, d. 10/02/1813, age 1 year, 9 months, 10 days son of Josiah and Patience (Cox) Randall Gilbert Smith, d. 10/31/1821, age 11 days son of Jonathan and Patience (Cox) Smith Harris Inman, d. in New Orleans Louisiana d. 09/30/1835, age 25, first husband of Elizabeth Margaret Greene Elizabeth Margaret Greene, b. 11/23/1814 d. 12/4/1899, age 85, daughter of Jacob Varnum Greene, and the last Greene resident of the Homestead. She married: 1. Harris Inman 2. Oliver C. G. Arnold 3. William R. Warner Oliver C. G. Arnold, d. 07/05/1870, age 57Almy Cooper Arnold,d. 05/13/1848, age 6 months, 25 days, daughter of Oliver C.G. and Elizabeth Margaret (Greene) Arnold Emma Jane Arnold, d. 05/19/1857, age 6 months, 23 days, daughter of Oliver C.G. and Elizabeth Margaret (Greene) Arnold Lavine A. Arnold, d. 12/07/1859, age 14 years, 6 months, 7 days, daughter of Oliver C.G. and Elizabeth Margaret (Greene) Arnold
-------------------------. Theodore A. Foster is buried without a gravestone. He was connected to the Greenville Manufacturing Company, a paper manufacturing company on the Greene property that was leased to Randall and Steadman from 1809-1813. Josiah Randall was the first husband of Patience Cox, who later married Jacob Varnum Greene., Four unmarked fieldstones may be Revolutionary War soldiers who were taken from Boston to the Homestead by Catherine Greene, in 1775, to recover from smallpox.
Cemetery History
The first Greene family interment occurred in 1786 with the death of Miss Margaret Greene, daughter of Jacob (General Greene’s brother) and Margaret Greene. There are seventeen identified interments in the cemetery and four fieldstones. According to a Providence Journal article from 1859, these fieldstones represent four Revolutionary War soldiers infirmed at the Homestead for smallpox, before succumbing to the disease. There is no other documentation to substantiate this claim. The following photograph shows the cemetery as it appeared in 1914.
< Photograph on marker >
Burial Site for General Nathanael Greene
At the time of General Greene’s death, in 1786, he lived at Mulberry Grove, Georgia with his wife, Catharine (Caty), and their five children. He was laid to rest, in the burial vault of John Graham, who had been the Lieutenant Governor for the colony of Georgia. The burial site had been forgotten until the early twentieth century when efforts were made to locate the burial site. After a lengthy search, General Greene’s remains were discovered in the graham vault, in 1901. By 1902, General Greene’s remains were reinterred under a monument at Johnson Square, in Savannah, Georgia.
Caty moved her family to Dungeness, on Cumberland Island, Georgia
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(property given to General Greene after the Revolutionary War) twelve years after Nathanael’s death. Caty died in 1814 and is buried there.
Interred
Jacob Greene, b. 03/07/1739-40 d. 11/08/1808, age 69, older brother to Nathanael Greene Margaret (Peggy) Greene, b. 04/28/1740 12/13/1802, age 63, wife of Jacob Greene Dr. Jabez Greene,b. 1770 d. 02/07/1808, age 38, son of Jacob & Margaret Greene Margaret Greene, d. 03/07/1786, age 14, son of Jacob & Margaret Greene Jacob Varnum Greene, b. 1772 d. 07/15/1815, age 42, son of Jacob & Margaret Greene Patience (Cox) Greene, b. 04/13/1779 d. 09/29/1866, age 87, wife of Jacob Varnum Greene, Patience Cox married: 1. Josiah Randall 2. Jacob Varnum Greene 3. Reverend Jonathan Smith (Baptist clergyman) Josiah Randall, b. 1782 d. 05/17/13, age 31, first husband of Patience (Cox) Smith Elizabeth C. Randall,d. 12/16/1810, age 6 years, 2 months, 2 days, daughter of Josiah and Patience (Cox) Randall Samuel Randall, d. 10/02/1813, age 1 year, 9 months, 10 days son of Josiah and Patience (Cox) Randall Gilbert Smith, d. 10/31/1821, age 11 days son of Jonathan and Patience (Cox) Smith Harris Inman,
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, May 16, 2015
2. The Nathanael Greene Homestead Cemetery Marker
d. in New Orleans Louisiana d. 09/30/1835, age 25, first husband of Elizabeth Margaret Greene Elizabeth Margaret Greene, b. 11/23/1814 d. 12/4/1899, age 85, daughter of Jacob Varnum Greene, and the last Greene resident of the Homestead. She married: 1. Harris Inman 2. Oliver C. G. Arnold 3. William R. Warner Oliver C. G. Arnold, d. 07/05/1870, age 57 Almy Cooper Arnold,d. 05/13/1848, age 6 months, 25 days, daughter of Oliver C.G. and Elizabeth Margaret (Greene) Arnold Emma Jane Arnold, d. 05/19/1857, age 6 months, 23 days, daughter of Oliver C.G. and Elizabeth Margaret (Greene) Arnold Lavine A. Arnold, d. 12/07/1859, age 14 years, 6 months, 7 days, daughter of Oliver C.G. and Elizabeth Margaret (Greene) Arnold
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Theodore A. Foster is buried without a gravestone. He was connected to the Greenville Manufacturing Company, a paper manufacturing company on the Greene property that was leased to Randall and Steadman from 1809-1813. Josiah Randall was the first husband of Patience Cox, who later married Jacob Varnum Greene.
Four unmarked fieldstones may be Revolutionary War soldiers who were taken from Boston to the Homestead by Catherine Greene, in 1775, to recover from smallpox.
Location. 41° 41.659′ N, 71° 32.528′ W. Marker is in Coventry, Rhode Island, in Kent County. Marker can be reached from Taft Street, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located at the cemetery behind the General Nathanael Greene Homestead. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 50 Taft Street, Coventry RI 02816, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. Four photographs appear on the marker. These depict “The Graham Vault where General Greene was first interred; Coffin plate found among the remains of
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4. The Nathanael Greene Homestead Cemetery
General Greene; Johnson Square, in Savannah, Georgia where General Greene was reinterred in 1902; and Dungeness, Cumberland Island, Georgia where Caty Greene was buried in 1814.
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5. The Nathanael Greene Homestead Cemetery
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6. The Nathanael Greene Homestead
The cemetery and marker is located behind the house of General Nathanael Greene.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 5, 2013
7. Graham Vault in Savannah
Gen. Greene was laid to rest in this vault in in 1786. It is located in Savannah, GA.
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8. Graham Vault Marker
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9. Nathanael Greene Monument
The remains of Gen. Greene lie beneath this monument at Johnson Square in Savannah, GA. They were moved here from the Graham Vault in 1902.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 5, 2013
10. Nathanael Greene Monument in Johnson Square
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 869 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on May 18, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.