Robinson, Pearson, Hicks Family Cemetery
Dublin Core
Title
Robinson, Pearson, Hicks Family Cemetery
Description
The Fairfax County cemetery survey said “the small cemetery contains seven headstones and an undetermined number of unmarked burials. Permission to resurvey the cemetery in 1994 was denied, according to the Fairfax County Cemetery Survey.”
The African Americans buried there, and date of deaths are, according to the gravestones: S. Costello, died May 9, 1901; H. Haney, Dec. 13, 1885; Annie Lawrie, March 30, 1915; Nellie “Niney” Pearson; Mrs. Learem Pearson, born Nov. 18, 1895, died July 9, 1948; Edward S. Pearson, born Aug. 12, 1896, died Aug. 13, 1971.
The African Americans buried there, and date of deaths are, according to the gravestones: S. Costello, died May 9, 1901; H. Haney, Dec. 13, 1885; Annie Lawrie, March 30, 1915; Nellie “Niney” Pearson; Mrs. Learem Pearson, born Nov. 18, 1895, died July 9, 1948; Edward S. Pearson, born Aug. 12, 1896, died Aug. 13, 1971.
Source
Fairfax County Public Library cemetery survey
Robinson/Pearson/Hicks Family Cemetery - Cemeteries - Fairfax County, Virginia FX005 is cemetery ID
1870 and other U.S. Censuses consulted to verify some names; Robinsons were also buried in another cemetery with that name.
Cemetery Item Type Metadata
Location
8100 Wolftrap Road, east side of Haney Lane behind Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School, Dunn Loring
District
Providence
Collection
Citation
“Robinson, Pearson, Hicks Family Cemetery,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed September 19, 2024, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/134.