LOCATION OF JOSEPH BUCKLIN 4th's GRAVE IN THE
CEMETERY
How to Find the North Burial Ground.
CEMETERY DESCRIPTION:- Name of Cemetery: NORTH BURIAL GROUND
Town of: PROVIDENCE - The historic cemetery - oldest stone is dated 1711
Rhode Island Rhode Island
Cemetery Transcriptions project ID as Cemetery is #: PVOO1
To get to it, exit from I - 95 at the Branch Ave. exit, and you will almost
immediately find the cemetery. Bear right toward Main Street, where the
entrance is on Branch before Main Street.
How to Find the Joseph Bucklin Family
Graves in the North Burial Ground.
John Sterling knows the
location by his method notation as SEC: AA LOT: MAP:00646
-- But for the average person, find the site of Joseph Bucklin 4ths grave
by entering the North Burial Ground at Providence, RI, and then traveling
Northerly on a lane in the cemetery marked as Elm Street. The area you are
looking for is shown on the photo on the right. (Click to enlarge and clarify
the photo, and print it out.)
Click to enlarge the map. You will get a large map with scroll bars to get
a good view of details of the route to the site. Print out the enlarged
map and take it with you to the cemetery.
The Joseph Bucklin Society installed this (June, 2003) in the
family area of Joseph Bucklin 4th. It memorializes the person who
shot the famous shot in 1772, and helps to prevent the identity of Joseph
Bucklin from being lost.
