This small cemetery contains nine grave markers of uniform shape and size, which could indicate they were made and placed at the same time. The local home owners fenced the cemetery. Earlier surveys report that the head stones were realigned and replaced out of their original order.Three early Virginian families are represented in the cemetery: [...]
African American relatives of those buried in the cemetery stated that their families have lived on this land for over a hundred years and that the cemetery is at least that old. The earliest recorded burial was 1885 and the most recent was 1999. The cemetery stretches in a long strip for 135 feet. There [...]
William Benjamin Day, M.D. ( 1817-1886) was one of four brothers who trained with their uncle to be doctors. Two brothers practiced in Maryland and two in Virginia. Dr. William B. Day married Emily Permelia Walters. He practiced medicine and lived in Dranesville. He had a farm in Vienna. Their son, William B., one of [...]
