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 [...]
George C. Lamb, “Uncle George”
Born 1834
Died March 19, 1926
Place of birth and place of death: Fairfax County, Virginia
Buried Jermantown Cemetery near Intersection Rt. 50 and Route 29 in Fairfax, VA
How died: Influenza
Military Service: Confederacy- one of six known Black Confederates from Fairfax County
Military rank: Body Servant to Capt. William H. Dulany
Unit Co. D., 17th Va [...]
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 [...]
