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ADAS ISRAEL, about one and a half mile from Insane asylum.
ADDISON'S CHAPEL, Bunker-Hill Road
BAPTIST, near Drovers' Rest.
BATTLE GROUND, Brightwood Avenue near Brightwood
BELT'S, family, near Tennallytown
BERRY, family, Hillsdale
CEPHAS, family, Conduit Road near Drovers' Rest.
CHAPPELL'S, private, near Tennallytown
CHRISTIAN, near Tennallytown
COLLEGE, private, Georgetown
CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, E corner 18th se: committee of management, William E. Hutchinson, George C. Henning and C. H. Venable; supt. J. B. Cross
CONVENT OF VISITATION, private, 35th and P nw
DANGERFIELD, family; supt, John W. Dangerfield
DEAN'S, private, Sheriff Road
[ELESAVETGRAD Cemetery Association, 3233 15th Place SE, 20002, (202) 563-1775]
[FEMALE UNION BAND Cemetery]
GARDEN'S, private, Anacostia Road
[GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S JESUIT]
[GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S VISITATION]
GLENWOOD, Lincoln Avenue, one-half mile from city limits; pres, William Lord; sec, L[ewis] Clephane; treas, H. O. Towles; supt, Alexander McKerichar
GOOD HOPE, Hamilton Road
GRACELAND, 15th and H ne; pres, O. F. Presbrey; sec and treas, C. F. Norment; supt, William H. Gaffard; advisory directors, C. F. Norment, Seymour W. Tullock, Dr. William Tindall
GREEN VALE, near Tennallytown
HARMONIA BURIAL GROUND, colored, Brentwood Road, 2 miles from city.
HEBBONS', family, Broad-Branch Road
HILLSDALE, Elyans Avenue, Hillsdale
HOLYROOD, 32 I ext.
HOWARD'S, private, Anacostia Road
INSANE ASYLUM; supt, W. W. Godding, MD
JENKINS', private, Jenkins' farm
JONES CHAPEL, Bennings Road
MCPHERSON'S, private, Hillsdale
MACEDONIA, Hillsdale
MACHPELAH, Hamilton Road
METHODIST, Tennallytown
MOORE'S, Hillsdale
MOUNT OLIVET, Catholic, Bladensburg Road; supt, Philip J. McHenry
MOUNT PLEASANT PLAINS, colored, near Mt. Pleasant
MT ZION, Mill near P nw
OAK HILL, hd 30th nw; office at the cemetery; pres, C. M. Matthews; sec, H. S. Matthews; treas and supt, J. Taylor Motter; directors, C. M. Matthews, M. W. Galt, William L. Dunlop, Henry Polkinhorn
PAYNE'S, Bennings
POTTER'S FIELD, Washington asylum; intendant, W. H. Stoutenburg
PRESBYTERIAN, 34th ab Q nw
PROSPECT HILL, Lincoln Avenue; pres, F. Imhof; sec, L. Eckert; treas, J. A. Griesbauer; sexton, Henry Winckelman
ROCK CREEK, near Soldiers' Home; cemetery committee, Rev. James A. Buck, John Miller, B. F. Rittenhouse; sec and trea, J. B. Wiltberger; supt, M. L. Moudy
ST ALBANS, Rockville Turnpike
ST MARY'S, German Catholic, Lincoln Avenue
ST PATRICK'S, Catholic, Boundary near 3rd nw
SCAGGS', Anacostia
SHOEMAKER, family, near Tennallytown
SMITH'S, Hamilton Road
SOLDIERS' HOME NATIONAL, Harewood
SWARTZ, private, near Brightwood
[WASHINGTON]
[WOODLAWN]
Contributed by Elizabeth Fox, extracted from 1889 Boyd's DC Directory, pages 940-942. [Later additions are in brackets.]
1400 Alabama Ave. SE, 20032, (202) 562-5831
Established in 1807 by local residents, given to Christ Church, Capitol Hill, in 1808. Cemetery's website
4100 River Rd. NW; AKA Methodist Cemetery, AKA Tennallytown Cemetery
Located adjacent to the Old Methodist Burying Ground. This was a burial society for free blacks; many of its members were affiliated with Mount Zion United Methodist Church. After Mount Zion took over the Dumbarton Cemetery, distinctions between the two cemeteries faded in the public mind, and the two properties together became popularly known as the Mount Zion Cemetery. Beginning in the late 1950s, real estate developers made numerous efforts to purchase the two properties. They wanted to disinter and move all the graves and construct luxury townhouses on the site. Lengthy court battles ensued; in 1975, U.S.District Judge Oliver Gasch issued a court order forbidding disinterments and appointed trustees to administer the cemeteries. Because the vault was probably a stop on the Underground Railroad, the property has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Black History Trail.
All graves are Jesuit priests. Many of the graves are in Latin so the names are Latinized.
Located on the grounds of Georgetown Visitation. AKA Georgetown Visitation Monastery Cemetery
[Established in 1854, expanded significantly during Civil War, when 1,500 graves were moved from
graveyard of original Foundry United Methodist Church.]
This beautiful 'City of the Dead' is located on Lincoln avenue, about
half a mile from Boundary Street, situated on the high ground
overlooking the City of Washington, and on the line with North Capitol
Street. It contains about ninety acres, and is laid out on the plan of
the celebrated Greenwood Cemetery of New York. The remains of many of
Washington's most noted citizens are here interred.
Glenwood was
incorporated July 27th, 1854, which act of Incorporation was amended
February 27, 1877, committing the control and direction of the Cemetery
to a Board of Five Trustees, to be elected annually by the lot
owners....
The Superintendent is always at the Cemetery, and will
cheerfully furnish all other information. The Cemetery is Connected by
Telephone.
The original Catholic burying ground of Georgetown. Graves originally located in the Holy Trinity Churchyard were moved here in the early 19th century. Burials continued throughout the 19th century, generally in family plots. By last quarter of the century, burials were generally at Mt. Olivet. The Holy Rood plot books are kept in the Georgetown University Library.
Early 19th century, gatehouse built 1839. Cemetery's website
Oak Hill is a private cemetery located off R Street NW. It was chartered
by the U.S. Congress in 1849. Oak Hill was developed as a Victorian garden
where visitors can enjoy the botanical garden-style plantings, meditate and
enjoy the wonders of nature. Architect James Renwick designed the chapel.
There are a number of pre-1849 graves in the cemetery, mostly those who were
originally buried in either the Methodist or Presbyterian cemeteries in Georgetown and
disinterred and reburied at Oak Hill after 1849.
Q St., NW, between 27th and Q St. Bridge
Land purchased in 1808 by Montgomery Street Methodist Church (now Dumbarton United Methodist ).
Two-thirds was set aside for white burials, the other third for African-American burials. White
burials continued in the property until after the Civil War, although decreased after Oak Hill opened in 1849.
Several white graves were disinterred and moved between 1849 and 1892; most of those were buried at Oak Hill.
In 1879, Mount Zion leased the cemetery from Dumbarton for 99 years. African-American members of Mount Zion were buried
in the remaining available sections and in the plots left open by the white disinterments. The last burial was in 1950.
Founded 1858, the cemetery was originally affiliated with the Concordia Lutheran Church, an early German-speaking congregation. Of over 14,000 burials, 75% are German-American. There is a history of the cemetery available for purchase from the cemetery office. Cemetery's website
Contiguous to and immediately north of the Soldiers' Home lies the "Glebe,"
of one hundred acres, with the venerable edifice thereon known as "Rock Creek
Church," or, more properly, St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek Parish. The land was
the gift in Colonial times, of John Bradford, Esq., to be held in perpetuity for
church purposes. A portion of the ground lying just about the church has long
been used for interment, this being the oldest church and burial ground within
the District, having been so used since 1719.
Appreciating the sacred
associations that surround the place and its natural beauty and advantages, the
Vestry caused a survey of about one-half the "Glebe" to be made, and, set the
same aside for cemetery purposes. It is in most part shaded by forest trees of
natural growth and great age. The old church with its regular service - the
retired and quiet character of the surroundings - secure from the future
encroachments of the city must commend the Cemetery to all....
The
Superintendent is always at the Cemetery, and will cheerfully furnish all other
information. The Cemetery is Connected by Telephone. Flowers Cut of Potted
Furnished Form The Greenhouses
Contains significant number of Greek and Italian graves. Oldest grave is 1862.
3101 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest; AKA Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
4611 Benning Road Southeast
Many thanks to Jane Donovan for contributions related to the Methodist Churches and Cemeteries of the DC & Georgetown area.
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