Virginia African American Cemeteries – Black Cemeteries

Cemeteries provide us with a unique link to our past. The following list shows Virginia African American cemeteries which primarily contain people of color.  You should also check Access Genealogy Cemeteries for additional listings.

Accomack County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Christ Union Baptist Cemetery
• Odd Fellows Cemetery

Albemarle County Virginia African American Cemeteries

Hosted at Carter G. Woodson Institute

• Blenheim Cemetery
• Doyle’s River Plantation
• Hearns Curry Cemetery
• Hugh Carr Cemetery
• Maruy Family Cemetery
• Maple Wood Cemetery
• Oakwood Cemetery
• Rose Hill Cemetery
• Daughters of Zion Cemetery

African American Cemeteries in Albemarle & Amherst Counties

Virginia contains thousands of family burial grounds and consecrated cemeteries. These final resting places preserve invaluable biographical information about the past residents of the county. The AACAAC Project is dedicated to locating, documenting, and preserving historic African-American cemeteries in two Virginian counties.

• Bowles Family Cemetery
• Buck Mountain Creek Cemetery
• Burton Family Cemetery
• Chapman Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
• Charlie Scott Cemetery in Blenheim
• Coles Family Cemetery
• Cooper Family Cemetery
• Daughters of Zion Cemetery
• Flannagan Family Cemetery
• Foster Venable Lane Cemetery
• Garland Family Cemetery
• Hardin Tavern Slave Cemetery
• Hearns Family Cemetery
• Holly Memorial Gardens
• Howard Family Cemetery
• Hugh Carr Family Cemetery
• Jackson Family Cemetery
• Lewis Family Cemetery
• Lincoln Cemetery
• Maplewood Cemetery
• Maury Family Cemetery
• Mayo Family Cemetery
• Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 19thC
• Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 20thC
• Mt. Fair Plantation Cemetery
• Oakwood Cemetery
• Pasture Fence Mountain Cemetery
• Pen Park
• Red Hills Slave Cemetery
• Rose Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
• Rose Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
• Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Cemetery
• Thompson Family Cemetery
• Union Run Baptist Church Cemetery
• Woodfolk Family Cemetery

Arlington County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Freedmen’s Cemetery (hosted at Friends of Freedmen’s Cemetery)
• The Gladwin Record
  Record of Deaths and Burials Among the Freedmen in Alexandria, Virginia. Arlington County (Va.) Book of Records Containing the Marriages and Deaths That Have Occurred Within the Official Jurisdiction of Rev. A. Gladwin Together With Any Biographical or Other Reminiscences That May Be Collected,, 1863-1869, is a marriage and death register kept by the Superintendents of Contrabands in Alexandria, Virginia, during and directly after the Civil War. Reverend Albert Gladwin was the first Superintendent of Contrabands and his successors kept up the register after his departure. The book records death, burial, and marriage information about freedmen and free blacks in the Alexandria area. The book is often referred to as the Gladwin Record.
• A Brief History of Alexandria’s Freed People and of Freedmen’s Cemetery

Amherst County Virginia African American Cemeteries

African American Cemeteries in Albemarle & Amherst Counties

Virginia contains thousands of family burial grounds and consecrated cemeteries. These final resting places preserve invaluable biographical information about the past residents of the county. The AACAAC Project is dedicated to locating, documenting, and preserving historic African-American cemeteries in two Virginian counties.

• Broady / Fletcher Family Cemetery
• Coolwell First Baptist Church Cemetery
• Fletcher Family Cemetery
• Speed the Plough Farm Cemetery
• Sweet Briar Burial Ground

Bedford County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Thomas Slave Chapel and Cemetery (hosted at African American Heritage Preservation Foundation, Inc.)
• Stanton Family Cemetery

Dinwiddie County Virginia African American Cemeteries

•  Dinwiddie Memorial Park Cemetery (partial) (hosted at African American Cemeteries Online)

Fairfax County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Hosted at Fairfax County Virginia
  • Slave Cemetery – Bull Run Marina
  • Slave Cemetery – Compton Road
• Slave Cemetery – Bull Run Marina
• Slave Cemetery – Compton Road

Halifax County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Dan River Bethel Baptist Church Cemetry

Henrico County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Evergreen Cemetery

Henry County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Hassidiah Baptist Church Cemetery (hosted at African American Cemeteries Online)
•  Lynchburg
  • Old City Cemetery (Negro Row) (hosted at Grave Garden)

Loudon County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Waterford Union of Churches Cemetery – There is an African American section in this cemetery
  • African American Section Roster

Lynchburg City Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Old City Cemetery

Nelson County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Elk Hill Cemetery

Page County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Bundy Cemetery
• Dougans Cemetery
• Jeffries Cemetery
• Marshall Cemetery
• Mason Cemetery
• Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery

Prince William County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Bates Family Cemetery
• Harden’s Hill Cemetery (hosted at Interment)
• Mount Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery (hosted at Interment)
• Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery (hosted at Interment)

Russell County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Ray/Whited Cemetery (transcribed by by Earl Whited)

Sussex County Virginia African American Cemeteries

• Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery (aka Jefferson Family Cemetery, Powell Cemetery)
• Hassidiah Baptist Church Cemetery (partial)