Forge Farm Cemetery, Potowomut, East Greenwich, RI

The Old Forge Farm is a magnificent household that I was blessed to visit. As part of a project in house museum planning and preservation, a group of us met with the wonderful Tom Greene, a descendant of the famous Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island. The farm is where Nathanael was born, and beyond it lies a Greene family plot, surrounded by a beautiful old New England stone wall. The RI Historical survey says there are about 60 burials here with 25 gravestones. The stones are a fascinating combination of old fieldstones and broken slate, as well as many white … Continue reading Forge Farm Cemetery, Potowomut, East Greenwich, RI