Hooes Road Family Cemetery

Here follows an excerpt from the Fairfax Genealogical Society website:

UNNAMED CEMETERY - HOOES ROAD (REMOVED)
Behind the new home at 8901 Magnolia Ridge Road
Lorton, Virginia USA

Original Information from Volume 5 of the Gravestone Books

The site of this small cemetery now lies behind the new home at 8901 Magnolia Ridge Road, near the intersection of Magnolia Ridge and Hooes Roads in the Silverbrook Farms area. The family plot, which is connected to the Davis family, stood in the woods, just to the north of 8906 Hooes Road. The woods are still there, but the burials were removed by Mr. Davis, who lived across Hooes Road, when he sold the land for development of the new homes a few years ago.

When the cemetery was visited in 1994, the surveyor found an area about 50 by 50 feet, clear of underbrush, covered with periwinkle. The remains of an old wire fence which once surrounded the cemetery, at least fifteen grave depressions, and six concrete blocks marking graves were noted at the time. All of the markers were painted white. One was decorated with a painted cross and another with “RIP” lettered across one side of the marker.

In 1998, a neighbor told the surveyor that before the removals, the graves had often been decorated with flowers. In the woods, the periwinkle still covers the ground. The old wire fence stands rolled up, leaning against a tree. But the grave markers and burials are gone to make way for the new homes.

No Updates from Volume 6 of the Gravestone Books