John Gardner (1747–1808) was an American farmer from South Kingstown and Narragansett, Rhode Island.
During the early days of the Revolutionary War he served with a militia company known as the Kingstown Reds, and was commissioned as a Captain in November 1775.
Gardner served several times as a judge, or justice of the peace.
In 1786 and 1787 he served in the Rhode Island General Assembly as a member of the Paper Money Party.
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