The Jermantown Cemetery was established in 1868 for black residents who could not be buried in the Fairfax City Cemetery near the courthouse. For over one hundred years blacks have been buried there, most recently in 1980. There are over 40 headstones and an undetermined number of unmarked graves. Notable among those buried in the [...]
Accomplished Fauquier County Cemetery Preservationists – Larry & Lory Payne - presented their work in discovering and preserving historic graves and burial grounds throughout Fauquier County. They discussed how they research, help protect and save these fading historical treasures. Lory (notoriously skilled in divining or dowsing for grave sites) offered insights into her site discoveries.
In April 2010, a cleanup project in the Day Family Cemetery, Vienna, was led by an Eagle Scout candidate. Approximately 20 scouts, leaders and volunteers cleared brush and cleaned markers. Each marker took at least an hour to clean. All of the participants were amazed by the beauty of the markers and the symbolism discovered [...]
The cemetery is located about 100′ southeast of the “Jackson House” at 1157 Swinks Mill Rd. in McLean. It is surrounded by a 100′x 50′ wooden fence. Daylilies grow densely throughout the fenced garden but not in the cemetery proper. Some periwinkle was also evident. There are four formal gravestones, and the thick daylilies obscured [...]
In April 2010, the cemetery - located in Fountainhead Regional Park on Wolf Run Shoals Road - was found to be well maintained.
The most recent burial was 1962. Confederate veteran, Wellington Fairfax and his family members are buried there. There are both commercial markers and field stone markers within the fenced cemetery. The surveyor [...]
The cemetery, which was surveyed April 2010, is located in a small park belonging to the English Hills Home Owners Association. At the top of a slight hill, one finds what appear to be two cemeteries, side by side. One, which includes a commercial marker (Rose Simpson and Tyree Simpson) and field stone grave markers, [...]
