• C, Current Projects

    Posted on October 18th, 2011

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    Coffer Family Cemetery

    Coffer Family Cemetery

    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 [...]

  • C, Current Projects

    Posted on August 22nd, 2011

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    Cub Run Memorial Gardens Cemetery

    Cub Run Memorial Gardens Cemetery

    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 [...]

  • Current Projects, Turberville/DeBell Family Cemetery

    Posted on August 22nd, 2011

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    Turberville/DeBell Family Cemetery

    Turberville/DeBell Family Cemetery

    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 [...]

  • Current Projects, Fairfax City Cemetery

    Posted on August 22nd, 2011

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    Fairfax City Cemetery

    Fairfax City Cemetery

    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 [...]

  • A, Current Projects

    Posted on July 18th, 2011

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    Andrew Chapel Cemetery

    Andrew Chapel Cemetery

    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 [...]

  • Civil War Honor Roll, Jermantown Cemetery, Lamb_George

    Posted on July 8th, 2011

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    George C. Lamb

    George C. Lamb

    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 [...]

  • Civil War Honor Roll, Fairfax/Buckley Family Cemetery, Fairfax_Wellington

    Posted on July 8th, 2011

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    Wellington Fairfax

    Wellington Fairfax

    Wellington Fairfax
    Born June 10, 1846
    Died October 8, 1897
    Place of birth and place of death: Fairfax County, Virginia
    Buried Fairfax /Buckley family cemetery, end of Wolf Run Shoals Rd, Fairfax Station, Virginia
    How died: unknown
    Military service: Confederacy
    Military rank: enlisted as a private at the age of 17
    Unit(s): Co. H, 15th Va Cavalry, then 43rd Battalion Cavalry - Mosby’s [...]

  • Harmon LeRoy Salsbury

    Harmon LeRoy Salsbury

    Harmon LeRoy Salsbury
    Born 1838
    Died 1913
    Place of birth: Orleans County, New York
    Place of death: Vienna, Virginia
    Buried at Merrifield Cemetery – 8104 Lee Highway, Merrifield, VA
    How died: unknown
    Military service: United States Union Army
    Military ranks held: Private, Sgt., Capt.
    Unit(s): 151st N.Y. State Vols. Private, Sgt., August 26, 1862 – Early 1864; Capt. Co. D. 26th U.S. Colored Infantry [...]

  • Cheeks_Temple, Civil War Honor Roll, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery

    Posted on July 8th, 2011

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    Temple Cheeks

    Temple Cheeks

    Temple Cheeks
    Born @1835
    Died unknown
    Place of birth: Fauquier County
    Died Fairfax County
    Buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery 13614 Coppermine Rd., Herndon, VA
    How died: unknown
    Military service: United States Colored Troops
    Military rank: Private
    Unit: 22nd United States Colored Infantry, Co H., served October 3, 1864 - April 1865
    Black American Temple Cheeks was born in Fauquier County. It is unknown [...]

  • Current Projects, Williams Family Cemetery

    Posted on June 19th, 2011

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    Williams Family Cemetery

    Williams Family Cemetery

    This African American Cemetery, located in Vienna at 8329 Wolf Trap Rd in a subdivision near Freedom Hill Elementary, is a less than a mile from Tyson’s Corner.
    Frances Williams Harrod purchased about 18 acres of land in 1889 for $65. It is believed that Frances Williams, who was born in 1850, was a slave or [...]

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