Snowden and Bethlehem Cemetery
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Title
Snowden and Bethlehem Cemetery
Date
1881 -
Description
The land was transferred from Stacey and Elizabeth Snowden to the Trustees of Bethlehem Baptist Church in the early 1900s. The cemetery includes formal markers, fieldstones, concrete and wooden markers, and funeral home markers.
Relation
Bethlehem Baptist Church and Cemetery
Source
Bethlehem Baptist Church 1865-1976: Bethlehem Baptist Church Observes its 111th Anniversary, 1976. Gum Springs, VA: Bethlehem Baptist Church, 1976.
A 1933 Afro-American Weekly article on the early history of Bethlehem Baptist Church stated in part: “The unquenchable ambition of a slave youth who followed his star from the depths of the slave marts to an intrepid dash for his freedom gave birth to Bethlehem Baptist Church. In those days the people of this church had a burning zeal for worship and church service, and they attended church in large numbers.”
The bulletin for the 156th church anniversary summarizes the church history on pages 6-7, https://www.bethlehemofalexandria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/4th-Sunday-October-27-2019- Church-Anniversary-Bulletin-PERM.pdf
Cemetery Item Type Metadata
Location
1900 Collingwood Road (Route 628)
South Alexandria, Virginia
South Alexandria, Virginia
District
Mount Vernon
Collection
Citation
“Snowden and Bethlehem Cemetery,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed September 19, 2024, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/15.