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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
