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 cemetery is located off Andromeda Drive in Burke. The markers are broken and separated from their bases. Markers for Hannah and Silas, placed by their grandchildren, were the only ones found, although early surveyors indicated finding depressions which might indicate more burials. The markers rest on a slope down from the top of a [...]
Brown’s Memorial Cemetery and Brown’s Chapel Cemetery are connected in name and in history. In July 2010, surveyors noted that both cemeteries are well maintained and are still in active use.
The Brown’s Memorial Cemetery was started for the family members of Rev. Augustus Brown, who deeded land for and built Brown’s Chapel.
Photos of Brown’s Memorial [...]
Brown’s Chapel Cemetery and Brown’s Memorial Cemetery are connected in name and in history. In July 2010, surveyors noted that both cemeteries are well maintained and are still in active use.
In 1850 Rev. Brown and his brother Rev. Jesse Brown led a group of believers from New York to Virginia, where they purchased 320 acres. [...]
