In the 1800s, William Gooding farmed and operated a tavern in Annandale, Virginia. In Mr. Gooding’s will, he indicated that a section of his farmland was to be used as a “burying ground.” The original cemetery measured 35 feet by 550 feet. Through the years, the Goodings, Gooding relatives, neighbors, and subsequent owners have been [...]
There are four headstones and at least twelve additional graves marked by field stones. The Fairfax Herald reported in 1930 and 1933 that the United Daughters of the Confederacy placed the headstones for the three Confederate soldiers, Fairfax, Woodyard and Jett. Accounts differ when describing the death of George W. Fairfax.
The Fairfax Genealogical Society, [...]
The cemetery is located approximately 50 feet off a road and behind a small grove of trees. There are eleven markers and an undetermined number of burials; some are marked by field stones. The surrounding wire fence is broken down. It is not evident from the markers what, if any, relationship there [...]
The cemetery is tucked away in an undeveloped area of Fairfax County reached by Blue Topaz Lane and a dirt road. The earliest burial was in 1926 and the most recent in 2005. In spite of its remote location, the cemetery is cared for. The graves are marked with commercial headstones, funeral home markers, [...]
In a 1994 survey, this cemetery was described as wooded and neglected. Today, in 2009, the cemetery is surrounded by an iron fence and in the midst of suburbia. A 1988 survey recorded a marker “h. a. martin” which was not located in the 1994 survey. During the first visit in 2009, this [...]
