The cemetery is located on the back lot of a Great Falls home. According to the owner of the adjacent home, Bicksler relatives used to care for the cemetery, but no one has visited in years. A GMU student visited the cemetery in the summer of 2011 and found it overgrown and hardly recognizable. That [...]
The Harris Family Cemetery is located on Bull Run Regional Park Property in Fairfax County. Without a sign at the entrance, visitors would have difficulty locating the cemetery.
All of the grave markers are field stone. The park has established that the cemetery began in 1866. According to Fairfax County Public Library cemetery files, there are [...]
The scout faced many different challenges as he planned his Eagle Scout Project for this cemetery. The cemetery, located in a backyard, is hidden from view a quarter mile down a private drive. There was a lot of brush and invasive plants to be cleared. The wrought iron fence and gate needed repairs and painting. [...]
On a crisp fall day, community volunteers joined together to spruce up this African American Cemetery in Fairfax City. Since there are no more trustees to care for the cemetery, Fairfax City has maintained the mowing of the cemetery. Members of the FCCPA, Burke Historical Society, and Historic Fairfax cleared brush, picked up trash, and [...]
The project, led by Eagle Scout candidate Alex Scheetz of Troop 1501, was scheduled for October 29th, 2011. Who could have predicted an October rain/snow storm would force a postponement? The following day, the troop members cleaned and stabilized markers, did extensive trimming, and a general clean-up of the cemetery. The cemetery is regularly mowed, [...]
The Coffer Family Cemetery is located off of Woods Sorrel Lane in Burke, VA. The cemetery is in good condition and well maintained. The fenced cemetery is covered with moss. Headstones for Joshua Sr. and Jr., which have been broken and repaired, lie on the ground. A plaque, which is a new addition, recognizes husband [...]
This African American community cemetery is in a secluded area of Centreville, at the end of the graveled Naylor Road. Surveyors found the cemetery to be in current use and well maintained. The families who were buried here were farmers and laborers. In addition, several of those buried here were military veterans; their military service [...]
The Turberville family’s original holdings date back to a 1727 Northern Neck land grant of over 4,000 acres. The cemetery is located on private property, behind the circa 1797 Turberville home “Leeton” in Chantilly, Virginia. Visitors to the cemetery should acquire permission from the owners in advance.
In 2011, the surveyor found seventeen granite markers of [...]
In April 2011, FCCPA members toured the cemetery on Main Street in Fairfax, Virginia with long-time city resident Lee Hubbard.
The cemetery was started in 1866 by the Ladies Memorial Association to honor the Confederates of the Civil War. The Confederate monument’s marker inscription reads:
“From Fairfax to Appomattox 1861-1865. Erected to the memory of the [...]
The cemetery was surveyed in July 2011 and was found to be in current use and well maintained. A not-for-profit association operates the cemetery, which surrounds Andrew Chapel and has over 250 burials from the mid-nineteenth century until present.
The chapel and cemetery reflect the history of the area. The chapel was built circa 1855 as [...]
