FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Jones Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Old Commodore Jones place:
                  1936 Mar. 5
                  Research made by Haywood Cleveland McMullan

Cemetery Location:  1 mile from McLean on the Lewinsville Road.
                    Fairfax County


DATE:

1790, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

Early owners were LaGarthy, Dodge, Fletcher and James.
The home was built by Commodore Jones about 1810.  It is now owned by G. F. 
Carper. (1936)

DESCRIPTION:

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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The headstones in the old graveyard read as follows:


Margaret Sprinkle
Died August 11, 1823


Tabbie
Beloved daughter of Sarah & Henry Jenkins
Died May 8th 1860


Commodore Thomas A. P. Catesby Jones
United States Navy
Born in Hickory Hill
Westmoreland County Virginia
April 24th 1790
Died at Sharon, Fairfax County, Virginia
May 30th 1859


In Memory of
Samuel A. J. Evans
Born February 8, 1816
Died March 20, 1856


In Memory of
Harriet W.
Wife of Israel Shelden
Born August 26, 1814
Died April 29, 1854


Sacred to the memory of
Stephen Height
Died 18th day, 9th month, 1857
Aged 63 years, 8 months, 5 days
Formerly of Dulchers County N.Y.




SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mr. G.F. Carper, McLean, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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