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African-American Cemeteries in Virginia

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The Virginia Team covers activity for the US Black Heritage Project in the state of Virginia. Category: African-American Cemeteries Virginia, African-American Cemeteries lists by county the African-American cemeteries already categorized on WikiTree.

CategoryName# Profiles
Abingdon_Negro_Cemetery,_Abingdon,_Virginia3
Category:African_American_Cemetery,_Norfolk,_Virginia4 (Need 2 more)
African Baptist Church Cemetery, Cheriton, Virginia1
Category:Antioch_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Hampton,_Virginia5 (91)
Bethel_AME_Church_Cemetery,_Eastville,_Virginia1
Bethel_AME_Church_Cemetery,_Hampton,_Virginia3
Big_Bethel_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_McKenney,_Virginia6
Blue Ridge African American Cemetery, Copper Hill, Virginia2
Category:Calvary_Cemetery,_Norfolk,_Virginia18
Citizens Cemetery, Bristol, Virginia2
Cralle_Family_Cemetery,_Lunenburg_County,_Virginia5
East_End_Cemetery,_Richmond,_Virginia5
Easter_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Waverly,_Virginia 2
Ebenezer_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Virginia_Beach,_Virginia 2
Evergreen_Cemetery,_Richmond,_Virginia26
Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Culpeper, Virginia7
Greenview_Cemetery,_Blackstone,_Virginia1
Grove_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Portsmouth,_Virginia1
Highland_Emmanuel_Cemetery,_Highland,_Virginia 2
Hughes-Wade Family Cemetery, Rock Mount, Virginia2
Jones Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia2
Category:Lincoln_Cemetery,_Albemarle_County,_Virginia5 (925)
Little_Mount_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Sussex,_Virginia 1
Locust_Grove_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Rockfish,_Virginia9
Mount_Olivet_Cemetery,_Richmond,_Virginia 6
Category:Mount_Olive_Cemetery,_Norfolk,_Virginia7 (1239)
Mount_Pleasant_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Fairfax_County,_Virginia 16
Newtown Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia4
Oakland_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Fairfax_County,_Virginia2
Pen_Park_Cemetery,_Charlottesville,_Virginia1
Peoples Memorial Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia2
Peoples_Family_Cemetery,_Pearisburg,_Virginia 3
Phillips Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia1
Pinehurst Cemetery, Pulaski, Virginia5
Pleasant_Shade_Cemetery,_Hampton,_Virginia 1
Roanoke_Zion_Rzua_Cemetery,_Bracey,_Virginia22
Rocky_Mount_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Cumberland,_Virginia156
Shiloh_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Atlantic,_Virginia5
Slave and African American Cemetery, Brookneal, Virginia1
Sons and Daughters of Ham Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia1
Springfield_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Mechanicsville,_Virginia 3
St_Paul_AME_Zion_Church_Cemetery,_Meredithville,_Virginia1
West Dublin Cemetery, Dublin, Virginia4
Woodland_Cemetery,_Richmond,_Virginia26

Other resources for Virginia African-American cemeteries:

  • Find A Grave lists 32,312 cemeteries that are specifically for African-Americans in Virginia.




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I'm not sure I understand the task here. Could you explain. I'm working on documenting historic AA cemeteries primarily in Fauquier County, but also one in Loudoun and another in Warren. Thanks.
posted by Mary (Brown) Haak
Hello Mary,

Thank you so much for your comment on our page and for the important work you are doing to document historic AA cemeteries. This page began primarily as a resource page when the USBH Virginia state team was first formed. Our USBH Project co-leader, Denise (Harden-1880), who is our leader for AA cemeteries, then added the chart you see, which documents the cemeteries that have been recorded. We've been adding to it as we create profiles and categories for additional AA cemeteries, and we would be pleased to have yours added to our list. Do you know if a category has been made for the cemeteries you are working on yet? Thank you again for reaching out.

Cheryl Cruise Co-leader, USBH Virginia State Team

posted by Cheryl Cruise
Hi Cheryl,

These are the cemeteries I've completed. It should be noted that only burials prior to 1948 (when the military desegregated) are included. The lists were created for grants from Virginia for the Historic Black Cemeteries Grant and that was their cutout date. I have 480 qualifying burials in these 8 cemeteries. Mount Morris was just added this year to the grants list. They aren't showing on the state's list yet, but they already cashed the check! I do have copies of the death certificates or other documentation for all other Black church cemeteries in Fauquier County.

Hollywood Cemetery, Bealeton, Fauquier County, Virginia Crest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery (old records refer to Trough Hill), Crest Hill, Fauquier County, Virginia Silver Hill Church Cemetery, Morrisville, Fauquier County, Virginia Mount Morris Community Cemetery, Hume, Fauquier County, Virginia Waterloo Baptist Church Cemetery, Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia Ashville Community Cemetery, Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia Mount Nebo Baptist Church Cemetery, Marshall, Virginia First Baptist Church, The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia

Mary

posted by Mary (Brown) Haak