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William Lindsay, Revolutionary War patriot, built the Lindsay Family Home, "Laurel Hill," about 1766. The home stands about 100 yards southeast of the burial...

Resources beyond Ancestry.com are available for family researchers. Click here. Online Resources Researching National Archives What family researchers can learn when visiting a cemetery?  

In 1804 the Alexandria Common Council declared that no new cemeteries could open within the city limits. Nor could any new burial plots could...

In 1907 one fourth of an acre was deeded to the Ebenezer Lodge, No. 14 of the Sons and Daughter of Liberty, an African...

The original white frame church opened @1911. Today, most church  activities take place in the modern church building across the street.  The still active...

In the Spring of 2016, Ned Foster, with the help of the Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation Association and others listed below, began cleaning up...

In June 2016 members of the Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation Association and the Burke Historical Society were led on a tour of the Woodlawn...

The church cemetery of approximately 100 burials is well maintained and is an active cemetery.  The church congregation originally met in the Vale School...

At the request of neighbors, a surveyor visited the cemetery. Family records indicate that there are 23 including ten children buried there. There are...

Believed to be Talbert Family Cemetery At a request of a neighbor, a surveyor visited the cemetery. The neighbor knew that Talbert family members were...