Coleman Cemetery

Coleman Cemetery

1944 -

This is a historically African American Cemetery. The land for this cemetery was purchased by the Churches and Fraternities Association of Alexandria on Oct. 27, 1944. It appears that many of the older graves were relocated from an Odd Fellows Cemetery established by the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Stevens Lodge No. 1435 that stood on nearly two acres near the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Columbia Pike in Arlington. Selena and Thornton Gray of Arlington House have a relatively new tombstone here. Other families may have been moved here as well. The majority of tombstones are dated after 1960. A 2015 Washington Post article indicated that there were unclaimed remains from Washington DC that have been relocated here as well but may be unmarked.

The oldest gravestone is marked 1892, but it is likely moved from another location. The cemetery includes formal markers, field stones, concrete and wooden markers, and funeral home markers.

Fairfax Genealogy Society Report- Coleman Cemetery https://fxgs.org/cemeteryRecords.php?cid=227

Find a grave Memorials: Coleman Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/49839/memorial-search?orderby=d&page=1#sr-30670432

Washington Post Article about relocation of unclaimed remains to Coleman cemetery https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/washingtons-unclaimed-remains-in- unmarked-graves-next-to-trash-cans/2015/07/19/a8c03ce2-24df-11e5-aae2- 6c4f59b050aa_story.html

1900 Collingwood Road (Route 628)
South Alexandria, Virginia

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