Scott Family Cemetery
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Title
Scott Family Cemetery
Description
"Strawberry Vale" was built c. 1780 and was demolished in 1958 for the construction of the Capital Beltway. The transfer of Strawberry Vale from JOHN C. SCOTT to THEODORIC LEE on Oct. 29, 1811 (Deed Book L2:318) exempted a ¼-acre burial ground. Diane Rafuse wrote in her book "Maple- wood" (1970) that there was an unmarked graveyard "midway between the house and Route 123" that was thought to be a Gantt Family Cemetery. The Gantts owned the property from 1814 to c. 1848 but it is unclear whether or not they are buried on the property. In 1967 Westgate Corporation petitioned the Fairfax County Circuit Court to remove the bodies from this cemetery. Permission was granted and in October 1967 Everly Funeral Home moved the remains to Fairfax City Cemetery (FX082), Sec. 2, Lot352A, Site 1.
Relation
Source
Fairfax County Cemetery Survey – slave cemetery, Slave Cemetery - Strawberry Vale - Cemeteries - Fairfax County, Virginia
Maplewood, Diane N. Rafuse, 1969; Fairfax County Public Library, Virginia Room 975.529 R1969; also 1970 edition. Book.
Also in the Virginia Room; Maplewood, the property of Ethel M. Ulfelder, Fairfax County, Virginia.
975.529 M, one undated map. Map.
Cemetery Item Type Metadata
Demolished Date
1958
Location
Westgate Industrial Park, 1760 Old Meadow Rd. Tysons Corner, Va., FX260
District
Providence
Collection
Citation
“Scott Family Cemetery,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed September 19, 2024, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/137.