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    Cemeteries in the District of Columbia

    Name Address/Location Note Other Name(s) Map
    Adas Israel 1400 Alabama Ave SE Records: LC Microfiche 96/79F  Jews Burial Ground
    Addison Family Reason Addison property    
    Addison's Chapel Bunker Hill Rd NE    
    Aurora Brentwood Road NE    
    Baptist (Potomac City) SE / Potomac City    
    Baptist (Drover's Rest) NW    
    Barlow Family Kalorama Estate    

    Battleground National Cemetery

    Georgia Ave NW  website (click here)  
    Beall Family  unlocated    
    Beckett's C St SE btw 16th & 17th, SE    Union Beneficial Association Cemetery
     Belt Family Farm  north of Tenleytown    
     Berry Family Farm (see Hillsdale)      
     Blue Plains  Blue Plains/DC Village  1907- (potters field)  
     Bridge Street Presbyterian   unlocated/Georgetown    
     Brightwood   unlocated/Brightwood    
    Brown Family (see Hillsdale)        
    Burnes Family  H St NW btw 9th and 10th    
     Catholic (see St Patrick's)      
     Cedars  Western High School?    
     Cephas Family (see Baptist, Drover's Rest?))      
     Chapman Family  unlocated    
    Chappell's Family north of Tenleytown
    Georgetown College Burial Ground Georgetown University campus
    Christian (see Chappell's Family)
    Columbian Harmony Burial Ground 5th, 6th, S, Florida Ave NW moved to RI Ave, then MD Harmony, Harmonia
    Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast website (click here)
    Georgetown Visitation Convent Georgetown Visitation Convent
    Danford Family River Road NW
    Dangerfield Family unlocated
    Davison Family (Evermay) Part of Oak Hill
    Dean Family Sheriff Road NE
    Eastern square 1026;  bounded by 14th, 15th, H, and I  Streets NE
    Eaton family unlocated
    Eckton Family unlocated
    Eldbrooke Methodist 4100 River Rd NW website (click here)
    Elesavetgrad 3233 15th Pl SE
    Episcopal (St. John's--2nd) Square 276 bounded by 12th, 13th, R, S Streets NW
    Forrest Family unlocated
    St. Francis DeSales (Queens Chapel) Evarts NE
    Franciscan Monastery Franciscan Monastery
    Garden Family Anacostia Rd
    Glenwood 2219 Lincoln Rd NE
    Good Hope Hamilton Road Se
    Graceland (see also Eastern) 15th & H Sts NE
    Green Vale above Tenleytown
    Green Family unlocated
    Harmony (see Columbian Harmony)
    Hebbon Family B road Branch Road NW
    Hebrew (see Adas Israel)
    Hillbrook (see Adas Israel)
    Hillsdale Elvans Ave SE
    Hines Family rear of 2440, 2444 18th St NW
    Holmead's (Western) Square 109 bounded by 19th, 20th, S Streets and Florida Ave.
    Holy Rood Wisconsin Ave NW from Holy Trinity Churchyard


    transcriptions (click here)

    Howard Family Anacostia Road
    Jenkins Family Farm unlocated
    Jones Chapel unlocated
    Lacy Family unlocated
    Loughborough Family Grasslands estate, NW Washington
    Macedonian Sheridan Ave Hillsdale (Anacostia)
    Macpelah Hamilton Rd Jewish
    Marlow Family near Good Hope
    McPherson Family Anacostia Road
    Methodist Tenleytown (See Eldbrooke)
    Methodist Episcopal Square 235 bounded by V, W, 13th and 14th Streets NW
    Methodist Episcopal (Ebenezer) Square 1102 Ebenezer
    Moore's (later Rosemont) Stanton Rd/Suitland Pkwy
    Mount Olivet 1300 Bladensburg Rd. NE, website (click here)
    Colored Union Benevolent Society Adams Mill Rd NW
    Mount Zion Rock Creek /east of Oak Hill website (click here)
    Nonesuch Farm Good Hope Hill SE
    Oak Hill 3001 R St NW, website (click here)

    website (click here)

    Cemetery Records at the LDS Family History Center
    (Film #s: 0845769, 0874221, 1543685-1543690)

    Old Methodist Burial Ground Rock Creek /east of Oak Hill
    Payne's opposite Woodlawn
    Pearce Family Lafayette Square
    Potters Field (DC General/Washington Asylum)
    Potters Field (SW) M St SW btw 6th & 7th
    Potters Field (St Elizabeths)
    
    
    Potters Field Blue Plains (see Blue Plains)
    Potters Field (Judiciary Square)?
    Presbyterian Georgetown square bounded by 4th, 5th, Frederick, and Market Streets, later Sq 1273
    Prospect Hill 2201 N Capitol St
    Quaker Adams Mill Rd NW
    Reform School, Girls
    Rock Creek website (click here)
    Rosemont (see Moore's)
    Russian Hebrew Congress Heights?
    St Albans Cathedral Close
    St. Johns Episcopal Franklin Row
    St Mary's German Catholic 2121 Lincoln Rd NE
    St Matthew's Catholic square 236 bounded by U, 13th, and 14th Streets  
    St Patrick's' square bounded by Florida Ave, N Capitol, and 3rd Sts. NW  
    St Peter's Sq 808 bounded by 4th, 5th, H, and I Streets NE
    Scaggs Family Anacostia Road
    Sheriff Farm Benning Road
    Shoemaker Family near Pierce Mill
    Shoemaker  Family near Tenleytown
    Small Pox Grounds Washington Asylum same as Potter's field?
    Smith Family Congress Heights
    Soldiers' Home 21 Harewood Rd NW
    Swartz Brightwood
    Thomas Family unlocated
    Union Baptist (see Baptist Drovers Rest)
    U S National Cemetery north of Soldier's Home
    Veitch Family Fort Lincoln area
    Wright Family Brookland--12th & Monroe NE  
    Woodlawn website (click here)
    Young Family Square 390  
    Bold entries are existing cemeteries, though not necessarily active. Italicized entries are cross references.
    Acknowledgements to: the work of Wesley Pippinger in compiling much of this information, the collection in the Washingtoniana Division and work of retired volunteer Marjorie Holt.


    Matthew Gilmore, October 2005 (9/2005)

    with contributions by Jerry McCoy

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