Historical note:

            The town of West Greenwich was set off from East Greenwich in 1741. Prominent villages in the town include Escoheag, Hopkins Hill, Mishnock, Nooseneck, and West Greenwich Center.

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Scope and content:

            This collection includes tax records from 1744, and 1822 through 1826; school attendance reports from 1857 through 1861; vital records transcriptions from 1741 through 1850; and voting lists from 1843 through 1869 inclusive. The school lists provide for each student their father's name, a summary of their studies, and their age, but only some districts' records are preserved.

            In addition, there are two single items: an overseers of the poor document from 1849, and the town council minutes from March 30, 1812.

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Provenance:

            This collection came from miscellaneous sources over the years, and is unknown except where noted. It was probably first gathered together in the 1980's.

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Inventory:

Box 1

1. Overseers of the poor - Claim of Allen Ellis, for keeping Clark Arromore, 1849. Probably from A.C. Greene Papers.

2. Tax records - Rate bill, 1744/45 (1899 manuscript copy)

3. Tax records - Town taxes, bound, 1822-1826

4. Tax records - State and town taxes, 1822-1823

5. Town council - minutes, March 30, 1812

6. Vital records - Marriages, 1741-1850 (mss copy). #1914.19.3, gift of Mrs. G.S. Mathews

7. Vital records - Births and deaths, 1741-1850 (mss copy) #1914.19.4, gift of Mrs. G.S. Mathews

8. Voting lists, 1843-1850

9. Voting lists, 1851-1859

10. Voting lists, 1860-1869

Loose volumes:

1. Schools - Attendance - District 1, 1857-1859

2. Schools - Attendance - District 3, 1860-1861

3. Schools - Attendance - District 5, 1857-1860

4. Schools - Attendance - District 12, 1857-1860

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Subjects:

Arromore, Clark

Ellis, Allen

Greene, Albert C.

Hopkins, Charles W.

Schools - Rhode Island - West Greenwich

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RIHS1822